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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) next to the hulk of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
The U.S. Navy Iowa Class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is tied up outboard of the hulk of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii (USA), on 11 November 1944. The photo shows how battleship technology has changed with…
USS Midway 1945
The largest Aircraft Carrier laid down during WW2 and the largest carrier in the world until 1955.
North Carolina (BB-55) at sea during her shakedown cruise, circa April-May 1941
North Carolina (BB-55) at sea during her shakedown cruise, circa April-May 1941. She a part of the new generation of battleships that had faster speeds, heavier AA guns, and her main battery of nine 14-inch (356 mm)/50 caliber Mark B guns.
New York Navy Yard Aerial Photo
Photo of the New York Naval Shipyard with Aircraft Carriers under construction. The USS Reprisal (CV-35) in Dry Dock No. 6; USS Coral Sea, later renamed USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) in Dry Dock No. 5; USS Kearsarge (CV-33); USS Oriskany (CV-34)…
USS Iowa Main Battery under construction.
A forward turret being constructed aboard USS Iowa BB-61 in 1942. Note the 0.75 in (1.9 cm) STS steel plates making up the gun house sides. To this will be bolted 9.5 in (24.1 cm) Class A armor plates. The turret back was 0.75 in (1.9 cm) STS over…
US Navy Production Numbers
A map of all the ships the US Produced during WW2. During the war, nearly 7000 ships were built and 4 million men manned fully manned every one of them. Never before or since has the navy seen such numbers produced or the total number of men in…
Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive bomber
A Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive bomber dropping a bomb. Its diving brakes are extended.
Future President George H. W. Bush in a WWII US Navy Pilot Combat Uniform.
Future President George H. W. Bush in a WWII US Navy Pilot Combat Uniform. Notice how little a light it is along with how little room he has in the cockpit of his Grumman TBM Avenger.
Grumman F6F "Hellcat"
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Flight deck officer motions "pull the chocks" with his thumbs, as chockmen remove chocks from the wheels of a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter in preparation for take-off from a training escort carrier.
