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Grumman Torpedo Planes flying in formation.

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.

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.

A Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive bomber dropping a bomb. Its diving brakes are extended.

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…

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…

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)…

The P-40 Warhawk was a single engine fighter aircraft produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and was used throughout the second world war. The plane’s low manufacturing cost and high durability gave it a reputation of a sturdy and powerful…

The P-1 Hawk also known as the PW-8 was a biplane fighter produced in the interwar period between World War I and World War II. This plane was the first step in fighter production and research in the USA at this time. The P-1 was commonly armed with…

The M2 Mortar launcher was a lightweight and easily transportable mortar launcher that was widely used by the US armed forces throughout world war 2. The USMC found particular use of this launcher moving through the jungles and dense environments of…