Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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PT-114 and other PT Boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) on patrol in the Solomon Islands or the New Guinea area, 1942-43. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in foreground.	PT-208, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat in zebra paint, receiving three new Packard W-14 M2500 replacement engines at Bizerte, Tunisia, 1943. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the bow.

Recognition drawing of Illustrious-class carriers	Roma at anchor, circa 1943

Sailors and officers on board Tirpitz	Sailors watching USS Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, 1943

SB2C Helldiver getting a wave-off from USS Bunker Hill, 1943. Note Helldiver in the distance with wheels up but flaps down, apparently preparing for a water landing.	Scharnhorst in floating dry dock 40K, Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany, 1943

Scharnhorst in the Alta Fjord, northern Norway, 1943	Scuttled French battleship Provence and seaplane tender Commandant Teste, Toulon, France, circa late 1942 or early 1943

Scuttled French battleship Strasbourg, Toulon, France, circa late 1942 or early 1943	Scuttled French heavy cruiser Algérie, Toulon, France, circa late 1942 or early 1943

Scuttled French heavy cruiser Colbert, Toulon, France, circa late 1942 or early 1943	Stern view of USS Scorpion probably off Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire, United States, circa Jul 1942-Feb 1943

Sunken French cruiser Jean de Vienne, Toulon, France, circa early 1943	Swordfish aircraft of No. 824 Squadron Fleet Air Arm going down the lift aboard HMS Activity, date unknown

TBF-1 Avengers on the flight deck of USS Ranger while a K-class Airship flies overhead on anti-submarine watch, 1943	Tender Carl Peters with craft of 3rd Schnellboot Flotilla, circa 1940s

Tender Tsingtau underway, 1940s	The absence of an extended tailhook as this SNJ-3 Texan passes over the arresting wires suggests a touch-and-go aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.