World War II Database

1. Craig R says:
16 Oct 2021 01:38:15 PM

Note in the upper background, a tug is pushing a barge (or railroad car float) full of boxcars across the water.

2. Craig R. says:
17 Oct 2021 08:49:48 AM

Yamamoto’s fears realized…

The sheer number of things that this ONE aircraft carrier could transport from the United States to the Pacific Theater of Operations is staggering! The fact that the US Navy had SEVENTEEN of these Essex-class fleet carriers alone (not counting other earlier fleet carrier classes, smaller escort carriers and so on)… it’s little wonder that from sheer numbers alone – never mind strategy and tactics - that the United States made such a comeback from its losses during the earlier stages of the Pacific War!

3. Lee W. says:
20 Nov 2023 07:47:01 PM

Regarding the tug pushing the barge with the rail cars….Santa Fe transported rail cars from Richmond to San Francisco

4.  David Stubblebine says:
21 Nov 2023 03:53:38 PM

Lee W. (above):
The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad ran cross-bay railroad barges from Richmond, Tiburon, Oakland, and Alameda connecting to two slips in San Francisco. Nothing in the photo precisely determines where in the bay this photo was taken but with the carrier departing Hunter’s Point and the railroad barge on a parallel course, this strongly suggests the barge had departed San Francisco’s China Basin slip bound for either Richmond or Tiburon. In 1944, AT&SF only operated three tugs for this purpose so this tug must be either A.H. Payson, E.P. Ripley, or W.B. Storey.