Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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USS Intrepid entering the deperming station at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 11 Sep 1943. Note the outline of the ship’s waterline painted on the flight deck. Photo 3 of 3.	Clark aboard USS Ancon, off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943

Launching of USS Cassin Young, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, San Pedro, California, United States, 12 Sep 1943	Mrs. E. M. Young, widow of Captain Cassin Young, christening the destroyer named after her late husband, San Pedro, California, United States, 12 Sep 1943

US Navy ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class) while steaming south of Hawaii, 12 Sep 1943. Note the hand operated winches lifting the torpedo.	USS Ancon (background), HM LST-404, and other ships off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943

USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	HMS Royal Sovereign underway off Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Sep 1943

LCT-222 landed a jeep onto Salerno beach, Italy, Sep 1943; note LST-1 in background	LST-1 landing troops onto a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

LST-1 landing US Army jeeps onto a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943	LST-1 landing US Army trucks and field guns onto a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

USS Burrfish officers during the commissioning ceremony, 14 Sep 1943	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at the Alameda Naval Air Station loading aircraft and vehicles for transportation to the Pacific, 14 Sep 1943. Note three PV-1 Venturas on the after flight deck. Photo 1 of 2.

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at the Alameda Naval Air Station loading aircraft and vehicles for transportation to the Pacific, 14 Sep 1943. Note three PV-1 Venturas on the after flight deck. Photo 2 of 2.	With LST-1 in background, US Army Engineers hauled a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

Launching of submarine Pintado, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 15 Sep 1943	Rear Admiral Alan Kirk inspecting the crew of USS Ancon, Sep 1943

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) steaming across San Francisco Bay with a deck load of Jeeps, Dodge WC51 weapons carriers, and other vehicles, 15 Sep 1943.	Launching of USS Gabilan, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 19 Sep 1943