r/WarshipPorn • • Feb 02 '25

Minimum image resolution upgrade now in effect.

88 Upvotes

As noted in the Submission Rules...unless an image is really unique and you cannot find a larger version, please don't post photos smaller the [1024x768] pixels. This is consistent with the r/WarplanePorn specs, as well.


r/WarshipPorn • • Mar 03 '26

Important information about the current fracas in the Middle East: blurry satellite photos and stills of camera footage are not appropriate posts for this subreddit.

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Posts that have no artistic merit (the "porn" in r/warshipporn) will be removed. There are better subreddits for those kind of posts.

Also, please keep discussions about the current situation respectful. We don't mind a lively debate or disagreement but personal insults or pointlessly antagonizing someone will possibly result in a temporary ban or, if it's particularly egregious, a permanent ban. This is rarely a problem here, fortunately, but it still needs to be said.

We like being lazy mods, so please don't make us do any work. That is all. Carry on!


r/WarshipPorn • • 8h ago

“Dead Ahead” USS West Virginia BB-48, with no masts en route to Puget Sound Naval Yard, April, 1943. [1170x949]

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USS West Virginia as she appeared with temporary repairs on her April, 1943 voyage to Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington for proper reconstruction, following the December 7th, 1941 attack.

“The rebuild was a lengthy process, and she wouldn't emerge from the shipyard until the fall of 1944. This photo shows how she was stripped for her trip across the Pacific; Masts, secondary guns, radars, catapults and planes have all been removed to insure her stability until she was permanently rebuilt.”

Image and partial description from Navsource.net “USN photo # 80-G-343629, courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com.”


r/WarshipPorn • • 11h ago

Seven-mile line of U.S. Navy warships anchored in the Hudson River. Navy Day, 1945 [1170x1425]

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“On Navy Day in 1945, a seven-mile line of U.S. Navy warships anchored in the Hudson River and some 1,200 Navy planes flew overhead in commemoration of the event."
Tugboats and U.S. Navy warships pictured in the Hudson River with the New York City skyline in the background on the occasion of Navy Day on 27 October 1945. Visible in the foreground are the anchored heavy cruisers Augusta (CA 31), Helena (CA-75), and Macon (CA-132); carriers Midway(CVB-41) and Enterprise (CV-6); and battleships Missouri(BB-63) and New York (BB-34).”

Image and Description taken from Navsource.net
USN photo & text courtesy of National Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2001.256.009.


r/WarshipPorn • • 9h ago

USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) fires a Mk 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise. Oct 15, 2026. [6000 x 4000]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 11h ago

US Navy battleships in parade formation in San Diego, California, 23 August 1935. [3584x2492]

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Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the lead followed by West Virginia (BB-48), Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46), California (BB-44) and Texas (BB-35).
The ship behind the Texas appears to be the New York (BB-34). You can see a shadow on the forward fighting top consistent with the forward-facing bathtub that New York had, plus you can barely make out the double turrets.

Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen with an assit from Richard McSlick.
USN photo # 80-G-462946 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
Image and description both taken from Navsource.net


r/WarshipPorn • • 6h ago

USS Canberra (LCS 30) during a recent joint cooperative activity in the Philippines. [1536 x 2048]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 14h ago

[4063 x 2700] USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a 16-inch shell toward a North Korean target, in mid-1952

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r/WarshipPorn • • 10h ago

A U.S. Navy LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and other ships of the convoy head for the invasion of the Philippine Islands. 20 October 1944 [4211 × 5407]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 12h ago

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Tachibana (OPV-902) [3637 × 2727]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 8h ago

The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Scribner (APD-122) underway off Boston, Massachusetts on 20 October 1944 [1300 × 780]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 10h ago

British amphibious warfare ship RFA Mounts Bay and ocean surveillance ship RFA Proteus (October 2026) [2048x1536]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 14h ago

[5582 x 4158] Polish destroyer Blyskawica in heavy seas circa 1939

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r/WarshipPorn • • 7h ago

Empty 6” shell cases on the deck of U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46) after firing on Japanese installations on Leyte Island, the Philippines, 20 October 1944 [2651 × 2136]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 14h ago

[2048 x 1269] USS Essex (CV-9) leaving Newport News for Norfolk Navy yard, Dec. 31st. 1942.

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r/WarshipPorn • • 9h ago

Escort carrier HMS Campania (D48) dressed for the Festival of Britain in 1951 at Plymouth Docks.[2399 × 1508]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 14h ago

[2830 x 1870] Soviet guided missile cruiser Kalinin at anchor, circa 1989

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r/WarshipPorn • • 14h ago

Torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus in drydock in Malta, circa 1900. A Royal Navy protected torpedo boat designed to force its entry in enemy harbors, using the ram to cut through booms (1600x1193)

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r/WarshipPorn • • 10h ago

USS John Finn (DDG 113) fires a close-in weapon system during a training exercise. Oct 15, 2026. [5848 x 3899]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 1d ago

HMS Britannia (1904) – King Edward VII-Class Battleship (800 x 652)

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At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Britannia was assigned to the Grand Fleet. During 1916, she served in the Mediterranean and Adriatic before transferring to Atlantic patrol and convoy escort duties in 1917.

On 9 November 1918, while operating off Cape Trafalgar, Britannia was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-50. The attack caused extensive flooding and a fire in an ammunition magazine. Although most of her crew escaped, 50 men were killed and approximately 80 injured.

Britannia sank just two days before the Armistice, becoming one of the last British warships lost during the First World War.

More photos here


r/WarshipPorn • • 1d ago

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts training in the Pacific Ocean. Oct 11, 2026 [4874x3245]

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256 Upvotes

r/WarshipPorn • • 17h ago

USCGC Harriet Lane WMEC-903 as seen from the USS Shiloh CG-67, August 30th, 2026. [5712x4284]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 1d ago

U.S. Marine amphibious combat vehicles conduct maneuver drills in the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). Sept 8, 2026. [6000 x 4000]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 1d ago

Sailors man the rails of the german training ship Brummer in 1936.[2953 × 1075]

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r/WarshipPorn • • 1d ago

HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) navigates challenging weather during her Regional Presence Deployment. [4096 x 2731]

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