1938 - The USS Augusta is pulled from Shanghai, China as the war zone heats up.
Container ship GOLDEN ENERGY loading at port of Los Angeles with USS Iowa Battleship museum and gantry cranes moving cargo over San Pedro
1941 - The US Navy submarine USS Gudgeon is christened and launched from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California.
1943 - The USS Hopper and an oil tanker are launched from US Navy shipyards.
1945 - Fires are put out on the flight deck of the USS Bunker Hill after it was hit by a kamikaze pilot, and wounded US Navy sailors are dragged to safety.
1960 - The USS Patrick Henry is commissioned, making it the second nuclear submarine in the US Navy.
1920 - Initial landings take place on the flight deck of the USS Langley with varying success, shown in slow motion.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1968 - The Apollo 8 astronauts are welcomed onto the USS Yorktown and Frank Borman addresses the sailors on board.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1970 - US Navy helicopters take off from the USS Iwo Jima to recover Apollo 13.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1968 - The Apollo 8 command module is hoisted out of the ocean by crewmen on the USS Yorktown.
1945 - Foreign Minister Shigemitsu and General Umezu sign the instrument of surrender for Japan aboard the USS Missouri.
1943 - The USS Biloxi and USS Astoria cruisers are christened and launched at US Navy shipyards.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1966 - A crane lifts the Apollo 2 spacecraft onto the USS Hornet from the Pacific Ocean.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1970 - A US Navy inflatable raft is affixed to the Project Apollo spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean to be brought to the USS Iwo Jima.
1945 - Admiral Nimitz signs Japan's instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri.
1920 - Slow motion is used to show an aircraft landing on the USS Langley but skidding overboard.
1920 - US Navy sailors prepare the flight deck of the USS Langley for incoming aircrafts.
1962 - Jackie Kennedy christens the USS Lafayette, the US Navy's newest Polaris-equipped nuclear submarine.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1970 - Astronaut Jim Lovell chats with US Navy officers aboard the USS Iwo Jima after the Apollo 13 recovery.
1966 - A helicopter is dispatched from the USS Guam to meet Gemini 11 and its pilots on splashdown.
1957 - The US Navy's new mirror landing system is demonstrated for jets landing on the USS Saratoga.
Container ship GOLDEN ENERGY loading at port of Los Angeles with USS Iowa Battleship museum and gantry cranes moving cargo over San Pedro
1953 - US Navy sailors shovel snow off the flight deck of the USS Oriskany, and fighter planes carry out air strikes on Korea.
PACIFIC OCEAN - 1968 - US Navy divers approach the USS Yorktown with the recovered Apollo 8 command module.
1920 - US Navy aircrafts successfully take off from the flight deck of the USS Langley.
1945 - US Navy sailors are buried at sea after a kamikaze attack on the USS Bunker Hill. The ship is then brought to a repair yard in Bremerton, Washington, where sailors and officers inspect the wreckage.
1960 - The US Navy's USS Spargo, a nuclear submarine, crests at the North Pole.
USS Iowa battleship museum docked at San Pedro harbor, Port of Los Angeles, California, with container cranes, freight ships, cargo
Battleship USS Iowa museum at Port of Los Angeles with container ships, cargo cranes, shipping terminals, San Pedro neighborhood overlooking
1945 - President Truman meets with General Eisenhower on the USS Augusta en route to Antwerp, Belgium. From there he travels to Germany and passes by the 2nd armored division on his way to the Potsdam Conference.
1930 - US Coast Guard cutter the USS Modoc approaches ice floes in the Atlantic ocean.
1945 - Japanese kamikaze planes are shot down before they can hit US Navy aircraft carriers, but one does succeed in hitting the USS Bunker Hill, setting it ablaze.
1958 - The USS Enterprise, a major vessel for allied victory in WWII, heads for the scrap heap as it has become obsolete in the atomic age.
1945 - China's General Xu Yongchang, the UK's Admiral Fraser, Russia's Kuzma Derevyanko, and Australia's Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia sign the instrument of surrender for Japan aboard the USS Missouri.
1966 - Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon are welcomed aboard the USS Guam after being recovered from the Gemini 11 splashdown.
1930 - The USS Hatfield is seen docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs.
Wide shot of the USS Midway aircraft carrier docked along the Embarcadero with skyscrapers in the background
HONOLULU, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - AUGUST 9 2015: a close up of the united states flag at the arizona memorial at pearl harbor, hawaii
PEARL HARBOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JANUARY 15 2015-early morning reflections of the arizona memorial at pearl harbor, hawaii
Scenic shot of USS Midway aircraft carrier and downtown San Diego skyline framed by large tree trunks. Vertical
close up of a section of the hull of the uss arizona at pearl harbor and the oil sheen from oil escaping from the hull
Iconic Unconditional Surrender statue of sailor and nurse embracing near the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego's waterfront park
PEARL HARBOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JANUARY 15 2015-panning shot of the mooring for the uss arizona and an oil sheen on the surface of the water caused by oil drops from the submerged hull
drops of oil from the uss arizona on the water surface at pearl harbor, hawaii
HONOLULU, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - AUGUST 9 2015: a view from the launch boat to the arizona memorial at pearl harbor, hawaii
PEARL HARBOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JANUARY 15 2015-a boat takes visitors to the uss arizona memorial at pearl harbor
Aerial view of the San Diego harbour near the Downtown, CA. Flying near the docks and USS Midway carrier.
PEARL HARBOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JANUARY 15 2015-the view of the arizona memorial and the grounds at pearl harbor