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Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944, photo 5 of 6	Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944, photo 6 of 6

Religious service aboard HMS Howe, Sydney, Australia, Dec 1944	TBM-1C Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 87 aboard carrier Randolph during Randolph’s shakedown cruise to Trinidad, Nov-Dec 1944.

US Navy sailor tattooing a fellow sailor aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944	US Navy ships at anchor in the Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, early Dec 1944. Note that this is a reverse angle and distant view of the ships in the famous “Murderers’ Row” photograph but a day or two earlier.

USS Gabilan arriving in port in Australia, late 1944	USS Gabilan in port in Australia, late 1944

USS Guam conducting gunnery training off Trinidad, Nov-Dec 1944	USS Iowa, late 1944

USS Monterey foundered during a typhoon, Dec 1944	USS Vincennes (Cleveland-class) underway with the Third Fleet during operations against the Philippines, Dec 1944. Carrier USS Hancock is at left.

Bow view of USS Springer, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1944	Destroyer Claxton, heavy cruiser Canberra, and destroyer Killen being repaired in floating drydock USS ABSD-2, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 2 Dec 1944

Destroyer Killen, heavy cruiser Canberra, and destroyer Claxton being repaired in floating drydock USS ABSD-2, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 2 Dec 1944	Four Essex-class carriers at anchor at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, about 1600 on 2 Dec 1944; L to R: Wasp, Yorktown, Hornet, Hancock; viewed from Ticonderoga with sight of her F6F-5 Hellcat fighters

Port side view of USS Springer, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1944	Stern view of USS Springer, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1944

Haskell-class Attack Transport USS Mountrail underway on the west coast of the United States, 5 Dec 1944. Mountrail was built at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards. Note LCVP landing craft on Mountrail’s deck.	A Mahan-class destroyer, possibly Drayton or Lamson, bombarding the objective area during landings on the shores of Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1944