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USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944.

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944.

Battleship Arkhangelsk, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 30 May 1944, photo 1 of 2	Battleship Arkhangelsk, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 30 May 1944, photo 2 of 2

Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay at San Pedro, California, United States, 30 May 1944 in her new Measure 32, Design 15A paint scheme.	Newly commissioned USS Ticonderoga moves down the Elizabeth River from the Norfolk Navy Yard to the deperming crib, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, May 30 1944; note camouflage Measure 33 Design 10A

Soviet sailor sounding the bell aboard HMS Royal Sovereign, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 30 May 1944	Starboard quarter view of USS Ticonderoga on the Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, Virginia, Untied States, May 30, 1944.

USS Ticonderoga at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30 May 1944; note camouflage Measure 33 Design 10A	USS Ticonderoga being pushed by tugboats at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 May 1944

80-foot Elco patrol boat PT-546 of Motor Patrol Boat Squadron 28 at Barahun Island, Green Islands, 31 May 1944 with extensive bow damage after a nighttime collision with PT-550 off New Ireland.	Polish light cruiser Dragon, late May 1944

A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944	A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts.

American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944	Captain Dixie Kiefer (right) talking it over with his executive officer Commander Willian O. Burch on the bridge of the USS Ticonderoga during her shakedown cruise, Jun 1944.

Émile Bertin in drydock at Bizerte, Tunisia, Jun 1944	Essex-class carrier Yorktown underway in the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944; note camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a; also F6F Hellcat fighters, TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, and SB2C Helldiver dive bombers