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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

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

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

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.

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

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

Aerial view of light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 1943	Montpelier underway, circa 1943

SOC Seagull aircraft being catapulted from USS Montpelier, circa 1943	Agano off Truk, Caroline Islands, Jan 1943

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

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.