Cool pix!

"Fast battleship USS Iowa in the floating drydock ABSD-2, circa 1945. [2507 x 1805]"

 

"M16A1 Field Guide from the 60's [5347 X 3921]."

 

"Maintenance crew working on Boeing B-17F 41-24353 “Cap’n & The Kids” of the 63rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Australia 1943 This B17 had a storied life. Read it here: Pacific Wrecks "

 

"A British platoon poses for the camera before going out on patrol, Korea, 1952 [1300x949]"

 

"Comparison of "Treaty" Battleships with Hood, Bismark and Yamato for reference - I feel that the limitations of the treaty gave us some of the coolest looking battleships of all time! [3302 x 1860]"

 

P-38 Lightning.

 

Yamato was built in the largest drydock available IIRC. According to Wiki:

"The keel of Yamato, the lead ship of the class,[7] was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, on 4 November 1937, in a dockyard that had to be adapted to accommodate her enormous hull.[8][9] The dock was deepened by one meter, and gantry cranes capable of lifting up to 350 tonnes were installed.[8][10] Extreme secrecy was maintained throughout construction,[8][11] a canopy even being erected over part of the drydock to screen the ship from view.[12] Yamato was launched on 8 August 1940, with Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Miyazato Shutoku in command.[13] A great effort was made in Japan to ensure the ships were built in extreme secrecy to prevent American intelligence officials from learning of their existence and specifications.[8][11]"

Japanese battleship Yamato - Wikipedia

So, yeah.

 

"The Italian destroyer Nicoloso Da Recco at sea, 1942."

 

"[800x1028] Drawing of the front view of a Littorio-class battleship."

 

"A pair of camouflaged T34 Calliopes along a roadside in France, circa 1944."

 

"A 16"/45" gun intended to arm the Lion class battleship being gauged. [5685x4078]"

 

Let's keep politics in the proper forum, please.