Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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Female African-American worker Eastine Cowner working on Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, Apr 1943	HMS Rodney firing her primary weapons in exercise, western Mediterranean Sea, Apr 1943

Light Carrier USS Independence in port, 1943	Profile view of destroyer USS Saufley in her 1943 Measure 22 blue and gray paint scheme. Note her two sets of torpedo tubes amidships. The radar and gun director antennas have been removed by the censors.

Submarine Escolar under construction at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Apr 1943	United States Navy Photographers Mate Don Garber in his flying helmet ready for an aerial photography flight from USS Saratoga, circa 1943.

USS Growler’s bow with the damaged sections removed prior to a replacement bow being fitted into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943. Note crumpled sections.	USS Growler’s replacement bow being lowered into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943.

USS S-38 at San Diego, California, United States, Apr 1943; note attack transport USS Harris in left background	USS S-38 at San Diego, California, United States, Apr 1943; note tug boat YMT-3 in background

USS S-41, San Diego, California, United States, Apr 1943	View of United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer taken from sister ship Duane, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, Apr 1943

Welder trainee Josie Lucille Owens working on the Liberty ship George Washington Carver, Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, Apr 1943	An F4U-1 Corsair with its gear down, flaps down, and hook down prepares to trap aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 2 Apr 1943.

USS Casablanca (right) being prepared for launching two days later, Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, Vancouver, Washington, United States, 3 Apr 1943; note Casablanca-class escort carriers Liscombe Bay, Alikula Bay, and Corregidor under construction	Launching of submarine Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 4 Apr 1943

Launching of the Light Carrier Cabot, 4 Apr 1943, Camden, New Jersey, United States.	Sargo-class submarine USS Saury underway off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, 4 Apr 1943 after her first overhaul. Note that her deck gun has been relocated forward.

USS Iowa off Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, 4 Apr 1943	First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt preparing to christen the USS Casablanca, the lead ship in a new class of escort carriers, 5 Apr 1943, Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, United States.