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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)…

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.

The largest Aircraft Carrier laid down during WW2 and the largest carrier in the world until 1955.

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…