Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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Men built sandbag piers at a Leyte beach while two US Coast Guard-manned LSTs opened their cargo bay doors, circa late 1944	New Jersey at sea in the Pacific, circa late 1944 or 1945

PT-370 of MTB Squadron 18 on patrol in the Philippines, circa Nov 1944. PT-370 was a 70-foot Canadian boat and only four such boats were built. All four were outfitted as Elco 80s despite being 10 feet shorter.	Sailor of American battleship New Jersey lowering the breech block of one of the ship's 16-in guns in preparation of loading a shell, Nov 1944

TBM-1C Avengers, SB2C Helldivers, and F6F-5 Hellcats of Air Group 20 are spotted on the forward flight deck of the Fleet Carrier USS Enterprise, Aug-Nov 1944. Note 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns.	US Navy African-American steward's mates drying silverware in the wardroom of carrier USS Ticonderoga, Nov 1944

US Navy pilot Lieutenant J. M. Stubblebine boarding his TBM-3 Avenger torpedo bomber, somewhere in the Pacific aboard USS Ticonderoga, late 1944; note butt of .38 Special revolver and bandolier of 18 cartridges	USS Intrepid as seen through the 5-inch/38 gun sight of another Essex-class carrier, Nov 1944

USS Iowa, probably off Philippine Islands, Nov 1944	USS Miami, late 1944

USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 1 of 2	USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 2 of 2

USS Reuben James transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut (now known as the Culebra Cut), late Oct 1934.	USS Shangri-La underway, Nov 1945; note Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A; seen in US Navy USS Shangri-La 1944-1946 cruise book

View of the USS Intrepid flight deck looking aft down the catwalk from the No. 4 5-inch gun mount, 1944-45. Note the arresting cables across the flight deck. Note also the anti-aircraft bursts on the horizon.	Cruiser USS Houston moored alongside repair ship USS Hector in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, 1 Nov 1944. Houston was getting repairs after two torpedo hits on 14 and 16 Oct 1944 off Formosa (Taiwan).

USS Concord underway off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 1 Nov 1944	African-American US Navy sailors STM1/c Thomas L. Crenshaw (looking at photos) and his bunkmate (writing letter) aboard USS Ticonderoga, off Philippine Islands, 4 Nov 1944

Enlisted crewmen of carrier Ticonderoga being briefed in their ready room prior to an air strike on Manila Bay, Philippine Islands in the following morning, 4 Nov 1944	A Japanese special attack A6M aircraft crashing close aboard the starboard side of the carrier Ticonderoga off the Philippines, 5 Nov 1944. Photo 1 of 3.