World War II Photograph Search [ing boat]

213 items in this album on 11 pages.


Commissioning ceremonies for Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 (MTBRon 16) at Higgins Boatworks in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 26 Feb 1943. Note Higgins 78-foot PT Boats and LCM landing craft in the distance.	French battleship Richelieu, maneuvered by tugboats, arriving in New York, New York, United States for repairs, early 1943

Launching of USS Corvina at the Electric Boat Company yard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 9 Mar 1943	This TBF-1 Avenger attempted to land on the carrier USS Charger but missed the arresting wires and ended up tangled in the port catwalk, Chesapeake Bay, United States, 16 Mar 1943. Note US Coast Guard boats alongside.

Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat simultaneously launching two practice torpedoes during a training exercise in United States waters, 1942-44.	Japanese Patrol Boat #39 sinking after being torpedoed by American submarine Seawolf, 23 Apr 1943; seen from Seawolf's periscope, photo 1 of 2

Japanese Patrol Boat #39 sinking after being torpedoed by American submarine Seawolf, 23 Apr 1943; seen from Seawolf's periscope, photo 2 of 2	B-17F “Mary Ruth - Memories of Mobile” and the 401st Bomb Squadron flying toward the German U-boat pens at Lorient, France, May 17 1943. This photo was taken from B-17 “Memphis Belle” on her last combat sortie.

Higgins 78-foot torpedo boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13) moored in Attu, Alaska, Jul 943. Note PT-75 and PT-78 nested outboard of their squadron-mate and PBY Catalina patrol plane taking off.	Man working on hull of US submarine at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943

Type IXC/40 U-Boat U-185 foundering in the mid-Atlantic after an aerial depth charge attack by a TBF-1 Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Core, 24 Aug 1943. 36 were rescued while 43 perished.	Tourville at Casablanca, Morocco, circa Aug-Nov 1943; note Loire 130 flying boat and wo Latécoère 298 floatplanes stowed between the stacks, USS Cossatot and other French ships in background

US Army troops looking at a wrecked H8K flying boat, Makin, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Wounded US Marines being evacuated from Tarawa via a rubber boat, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943

H6K flying boat burning in the water, 1944	Lieutenant John F. Kennedy after his assignments on PT Boats and his return to the United States, Jan 1944. Note the amblyopia in his right eye that prevented him from being a pilot like his brother, Joe.

A rocket attack on the German Type VIIC Submarine U-758 by TBF Avengers from USS Block Island northeast of the Azores, 11 Jan 1944. Note two rockets hitting just astern of the U-Boat. U-758 was damaged but not sunk.	Biscayne as the flagship of the of the Anzio, Italy landings, 21-22 Jan 1944; note PT boat alongside

Japanese naval base, warships, and fishing boats at Dublon Island under American aerial attack, Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2	Japanese naval base, warships, and fishing boats at Dublon Island under American aerial attack, Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2