Links to Warship Photographs and Other Great Resources

[Anonymous]

Get ready to bookmark...

Navy NewsStand (Official US Navy public affairs site with a search feature that can take you to the most recent photos of US Navy warships, aircraft, activities, and people. Dial-up users be warned, you can access very large files here so be prepared for long download times):
http://www.navy.mil/view_photos.asp

US Navy's Naval Historical Center (US Navy's own historical collection, also contains some ships of other navies, most photos coming from the National Archives):
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm

NAVSOURCE (superb collection, you may have to cut the link and paste into your browser to get the site to open from within this page):
http://www.navsource.org/index2.htm

US Navy Battleships and Battlecruisers (very nice collection but log on early, the website has a limit to daily downloads):
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4289/

Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk (BBs and CCs the world over):
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/

Haze Gray and Underway (photos of the world's navies):
http://hazegray.org/

Warships1 (photos of the world's navies):
http://www.warships1.com/

USS Fletcher Class Portraits (photo of every Fletcher):
http://www.domeisland.com/fletcherclass/portraits.html

USS Constitution (Old Ironsides):
http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/

CSS Hunley (photos of the preservation efforts):
http://www.hunley.org/

US Navy Camouflage 1941-1945:
http://shipcamouflage.com/warship_camouflage.htm

HMS Hood Association:
http://www.hmshood.com/models/Models.html

HMS King George V Class from Robert Dumas (a great Russian site but be ready for long download times):
http://abakus.narod.ru/cg5/kinggeorg5.htm

HMS Victory (Nelson's flagship, includes a special section just for modelers):
http://www.hms-victory.com/

HMS Bounty (photos of the replica):
http://www.tallshipbounty.org/

RMS Titanic (and other liners of the past):
http://titanic-model.com/

RMS Queen Mary:
http://www.queenmary.com/

Yamato Class Superbattleships (excellent collection for Yamato, Musashi and yes Shinano):
http://www.warship.get.net.pl/Japonia/B ... class.html

Bismarck and Tirpitz Website:
http://www.bismarck-class.dk/

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Website:
http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/

Admiral Hipper Class Website:
http://www.admiral-hipper-class.dk/

Jarek's Photo Gallery (great Polish site):
http://www.warship.get.net.pl/

International Naval Research Organization:
http://www.warship.org/

Wrecked Ship photos and Dive Sites:
http://www.bobhenneman.info/Divenew.htm

Ship Plans from the Smithsonian Institution:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/shipplan.htm

Ship Kit Reviews from Rajendra, Joe and Dave (not sure of the quality of that kit you want to buy? Check here first):
http://www.scalemodelindex.com/ships.htm

[TTTTTTTTTT]

Great links, thanks. Here's a few more:

Imperial Japanese Navy page:
http://www.combinedfleet.com

Kaiserliche Marine (in German):
http://www.kaiserliche-marine.de/

Austro-Hungarian Navy (German):
http://www.kuk-kriegsmarine.at/

Royal Navy photos:
http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/index.htm

Naval Campaigns Club:
http://home.datacomm.ch/dierk.walter/NCC/home.htm

[Tom L.]

And more:

Queen Victoria's Navy, excellent photo site.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7155/

navsource.narod (Russian Navy, all eras)
http://navsource.narod.ru/

French battleships and cruisers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
http://francois.delboca.free.fr/fscroise.html

Warships on the Web
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/index.html