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Australian Army engineers with a captured Daihatsu-class landing craft, Milne Bay, Sep 1942	Australian corvette HMAS Armidale in Port Moresby harbor, New Guinea, Sep 1942

Battleship Iowa being fitted out at New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, fall 1942	Captain R. W. Christi presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Irvin S. Hartman of USS S-41, Sep 1942

Commanding officer of Gato-class submarine USS Silversides Lieutenant Commander C.C. Burlingame on the bridge in foul weather gear with a corn-cob pipe, sometime in 1942.	Crew of USS S-44 around the deck gun, Brisbane, Australia, Aug-Sep 1942

Fletcher-class destroyer USS Saufley in Measure 12-modified paint scheme with colors in shades of green, Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	Fletcher-class destroyer USS Saufley in Measure 12-modified paint scheme with colors in shades of green, Sep 1942. Photo 2 of 2.

Liberty-ship Booker T Washington on the ways at CalShip, Los Angeles, California, Sep 1942. Note the pre-fabricated double-bottom sections ready for the next ship to be laid down on these ways (Robert C Grier).	Preparing 16-inch guns for installation on USS Iowa, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, fall 1942

SB2U Vindicator dive bombers of Scouting Squadron VS-41 turning toward the carrier USS Ranger in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, United States, Sep 1942.	Shipyard worker working on a turret aboard battleship Iowa, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, fall 1942

Submarine Tribune underway, Sep 1942; photo taken from atop the conning tower	The bow section of the sunken destroyer USS Tucker sticking out of the water off Malo Island, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa Sep 1942.

USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Sep 1942	USS Nevada in Drydock 2 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for repairs following the Pearl Harbor Attack. Nevada was in drydock from 11 May to 30 Nov 1942.

Wrecked Japanese landing craft, Gavutu Beach, Guadalcanal, Aug-Sep 1942	Commissioning ceremony of USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2

Commissioning ceremony of USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2; note Sunfish alongside, Whale in background	The officers of the newly commissioned USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942