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| Higgins 78-foot PT Boat photographed 26 Jan 1943 by Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana before delivery to the US Navy. This boat went on to serve as PT-200 and spent her career as a training boat. Photo 3 of 6 | Higgins 78-foot PT Boat photographed 26 Jan 1943 by Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana before delivery to the US Navy. This boat went on to serve as PT-200 and spent her career as a training boat. Photo 4 of 6 |
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| Higgins 78-foot PT Boat photographed 26 Jan 1943 by Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana before delivery to the US Navy. This boat went on to serve as PT-200 and spent her career as a training boat. Photo 5 of 6 | Higgins 78-foot PT Boat photographed 26 Jan 1943 by Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana before delivery to the US Navy. This boat went on to serve as PT-200 and spent her career as a training boat. Photo 6 of 6 |
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| Japanese transport Buyo Maru beginning to sink after being struck by USS Wahoo's torpedo north of New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943; seen from USS Wahoo's periscope | Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton and Lieutenant Richard O'Kane in the conning tower of USS Wahoo during an attack on a Japanese convoy off New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943 |
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| Lieutenant Richard O'Kane at the periscope of USS Wahoo during an attack on a Japanese convoy near New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943 | Men working in the control room aboard USS Wahoo, 27 Jan 1943 while at 300 feet during a depth charge attack by a Japanese destroyer. They had taken 6 depth charges and were awaiting more. |
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| Heavy cruisers Wichita (foreground), Chicago (center), and Louisville (background) en route to Guadalcanal, 29 Jan 1943, hours before the Battle of Rennell Island | Chicago low in the water on 30 Jan 1943, after she had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Rennell Island |
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| USS Louisville towing disabled USS Chicago, Battle of Rennell Island, 30 Jan 1943 | 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns aboard light cruiser Montpelier, circa 1943 |
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| Aerial view of light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 1943 | Montpelier underway, circa 1943 |
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| SOC Seagull aircraft being catapulted from USS Montpelier, circa 1943 | Agano off Truk, Caroline Islands, Jan 1943 |
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| Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card underway in New York Harbor, Feb 1943. Note her Measure 21 paint scheme and also the plainly visible lines of her merchantman hull. | Battleships Musashi (foreground) and Yamato (background) at Truk, Caroline Islands, Feb-May 1943 |
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| Destroyer Harusame, a minesweeper, destroyer Akizuki, a destroyer, repair ship Akashi, seaplane tender Sanyo Maru, another destroyer, and a patrol boat at Truk, Caroline Islands, Feb 1943 | French battleship Richlieu at the New York Navy Yard for repairs in Feb 1943 following the Battle of Dakar. |
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