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Tug boats towing the submarine Growler to the fitting out piers after being launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 22 Nov 1941.USS Arizona continuing to burn one day after the Japanese attack, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Dec 1941; note JRS-1 flying boat in left foreground
Tug boats towing the submarine Growler to the fitting out piers after being launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 22 Nov 1941.USS Arizona continuing to burn one day after the Japanese attack, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Dec 1941; note JRS-1 flying boat in left foreground
Officers and men of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides assembled on deck for the boat’s commissioning at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941.Submarine Growler at the fitting out piers at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 30 Dec 1941. Note Growler’s extended mine cutting gear above the suspended wooden planks.
Officers and men of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides assembled on deck for the boat’s commissioning at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941.Submarine Growler at the fitting out piers at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 30 Dec 1941. Note Growler’s extended mine cutting gear above the suspended wooden planks.
Japanese gunboat Tatara (former USS Wake, surrendered to the Japanese on 8 Dec 1941), Shanghai, China, late 1941; she was the only US warship to be surrendered to Japan in WW2A US Navy PT Boat underway immediately off Midway Atoll, circa 1942
Japanese gunboat Tatara (former USS Wake, surrendered to the Japanese on 8 Dec 1941), Shanghai, China, late 1941; she was the only US warship to be surrendered to Japan in WW2A US Navy PT Boat underway immediately off Midway Atoll, circa 1942
Finnish Army Colonel Aaro Pajari in a boat, Lake Syväri, Pohjois-Savo, Finland, circa early 1940sFrench-built 130 flying boat in German service, circa 1940s
Finnish Army Colonel Aaro Pajari in a boat, Lake Syväri, Pohjois-Savo, Finland, circa early 1940sFrench-built 130 flying boat in German service, circa 1940s
German gunboat crew practice firing with a 8.8cm gun off Yalta, Russia (now Ukraine), circa 1942MTM explosive motorboat, 1940s
German gunboat crew practice firing with a 8.8cm gun off Yalta, Russia (now Ukraine), circa 1942MTM explosive motorboat, 1940s
Nearly 30 PBY Catalina flying boats at anchor, 1940s, location unknownPT boats conducting training operations in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1941-1945
Nearly 30 PBY Catalina flying boats at anchor, 1940s, location unknownPT boats conducting training operations in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1941-1945
Oil tanker SS Emidio grounded on Steamboat Rock, Crescent City, California, United States, 1942. Emidio was shelled and torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17 off Cape Mendocino on 20 Dec 1941 and drifted to this position.Japanese fishing boat sinking after being attacked by the Doolittle raiders, 18 Apr 1942
Oil tanker SS Emidio grounded on Steamboat Rock, Crescent City, California, United States, 1942. Emidio was shelled and torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17 off Cape Mendocino on 20 Dec 1941 and drifted to this position.Japanese fishing boat sinking after being attacked by the Doolittle raiders, 18 Apr 1942
Japanese Navy auxiliary picket boat Nitto Maru No. 23 burning, 18 Apr 1942Broadside view of the Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-117 during trials off New York harbor, New York, United States, 1942.
Japanese Navy auxiliary picket boat Nitto Maru No. 23 burning, 18 Apr 1942Broadside view of the Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-117 during trials off New York harbor, New York, United States, 1942.
United States Navy Boatswain aboard USS Saratoga pipes a signal over the ship’s speaker system, circa 1942.A whaleboat and a motor launch evacuated Lexington, 8 May 1942; TBD, SBD and F4F aircraft could be seen on the flight deck
United States Navy Boatswain aboard USS Saratoga pipes a signal over the ship’s speaker system, circa 1942.A whaleboat and a motor launch evacuated Lexington, 8 May 1942; TBD, SBD and F4F aircraft could be seen on the flight deck
A whaleboat evacuating men from USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2A whaleboat evacuating men from USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2
A whaleboat evacuating men from USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2A whaleboat evacuating men from USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2

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