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Cuttlefish submerging, while serving on training duty out of New London, Connecticut, United States, circa mid-1943	Cuttlefish underway, circa mid-1943, while serving on training duty out of New London, Connecticut, United States

Demolished No. 3 5-inch gun mount aboard USS Nicholas shortly after 13 May 1943. During an early morning shore bombardment, the gun suffered a hang fire and the hot gun set off the shell inside the barrel. No casualties	F4U-1 Corsair, an F4F Wildcat, and two TBF-1 Avengers run up their engines prior to launch from the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, mid-1943.

HMS LST-324 and HMS LST-412 unloading logs at Freetown, Sierra Leone, circa mid-1943	HMS Victorious moored at Nouméa, New Caledonia, summer 1943 during the period Victorious was operating with the US Fleet.

John Kennedy aboard PT-109, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa mid-1943. Photo 1 of 2.	John Kennedy aboard PT-109, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa mid-1943. Photo 2 of 2.

Maya at rest, Jun 1943	SB2C Helldiver aircraft on the flight deck of carrier Yorktown during the carrier's shakedown cruise to Trinidad, circa May-Jun 1943

Starboard side view of the carrier Yorktown (Essex-class) with an F6F-3 Hellcat fighter of VF-1 on the fight deck above the athwartship hangar deck catapult, June 1943.	Submarine USS R-1, Jun 1943

Toroa Island, Maloeap Atoll, Marshall Islands seen through the periscope of USS Pollack, May-Jun 1943	USS Cabrilla running trials, Jun 1943

USS Marlin underway, Jun 1943	USS Yorktown (Essex-class; CV-10) circa mid-1943, with a TBF Avenger flying over her bow

F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1 being catapulted from the hangar deck catapult on the carrier Yorktown (Essex-class) off Trinidad, 3 Jun 1943.	On the flight deck of USS Card in front of a TBF Avenger, US Navy Rear Admiral Frank Lowry (center) is flanked by two Rear Admirals of the French Navy, C.A. Ronarc’h (left) and Jacques Missoffe, Casablanca, 4 Jun 1943.

Aerial bow view of USS S-28 making 10 knots, off Seattle, Washington, United States, 10 Jun 1943	Aerial stern view of USS S-28 making 10 knots, off Seattle, Washington, United States, 10 Jun 1943