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Destroyer USS Bailey underway in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 12 Dec 1942. Note the ship’s early modified Measure 12 paint scheme.	Light cruiser Montpelier underway near Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, probably in the Delaware River or Delaware Bay, 12 Dec 1942

Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 Dec 1942	USS San Francisco at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 14 Dec 1942; note circles marking shell damage during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal of 13 Nov 1942

Pensacola at Espiritu Santo on 17 Dec 1942, showing damage sustained at Battle of Tassafaronga	Fletcher-class destroyer Hoel being launched at the Bethlehem Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 19 Dec 1942.

SBD Dauntless aircraft flying over USS Enterprise (foreground) and USS Saratoga (background), off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 19 Dec 1942	Chicago off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, at the end of her last overhaul, 20 Dec 1942

Emergency surgery being performed in the wardroom of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides while at sea, 22 Dec 1942. The procedure was performed not by a surgeon but by Pharmacists Mate 1c Thomas Moore.	Pickerel off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 Dec 1942, photo 1 of 2

Pickerel off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 Dec 1942, photo 2 of 2	Launching of submarine Cabrilla, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 24 Dec 1942

Pickerel at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Dec 1942, photo 1 of 2	Pickerel at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Dec 1942, photo 2 of 2

Line crossing ceremony aboard light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 30 Dec 1942; note SOC-1 aircraft in background	A bow-on view of USS Enterprise from an SBD Dauntless scout bomber that had just taken off, circa 1943. USS Lexington (Essex-class) is at right.

A Mark XIII aerial torpedo being launched from a PT Boat by simply dropping it over the side during tests in the Rendova area of the Solomon Islands, 1943.	A PT boat patrolled off New Guinea, 1943

Acavus underway with aircraft on her deck, circa 1940s	Activity, 1942-1945