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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 catching an arresting wire while landing aboard USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.	Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 preparing for launch from USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.

HMS Formidable going through the anti-submarine boom in Sydney harbor, Australia, mid-1945; photo taken from George's Head looking toward Green Point	PT-601 “Termites Delight,” an Elco 80-footer that later served with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 41 (MTBRon 41), is seen here on a shakedown run off Bayonne, New Jersey, United States during Jun 1945.

Shinyo special attack boats at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1945	Swimming party alongside escort carrier USS Steamer Bay, late 1944-early 1945, location unknown. Note the Measure 32, Design 12A camouflage and the TBM Avengers on the flight deck.

Training carrier USS Sable underway on Lake Michigan, United States, Jun 1945. Note the side-wheel propulsion.	United States submarine Baya in her war paint in the Pacific, May or Jun 1945

US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence drawing of the Kongo-class battleship, seen in publication ONI 222-J, Jun 1945	USS Randolph at anchor, San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, Philippines, Jun 1945.

USS Saratoga coming in to Berth F-2 at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa Jun 1945	View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines.

View of Mt. Tamalpais seen through the Plate Shop at the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 1944-45. Marinship flagship, USS Tamalpais, was named for this mountain.	USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway from the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for tests following repairs, 2 Jun 1945. Note new Measure 21 paint scheme, all over sea blue. Photo 1 of 4

USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway from the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for tests following repairs, 2 Jun 1945. Note new Measure 21 paint scheme, all over sea blue. Photo 2 of 4	USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway from the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for tests following repairs, 2 Jun 1945. Note new Measure 21 paint scheme, all over sea blue. Photo 3 of 4

USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway from the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for tests following repairs, 2 Jun 1945. Note new Measure 21 paint scheme, all over sea blue. Photo 4 of 4	Battleship Indiana taking water over the bow while sailing through a typhoon in the Okinawa, Japan area, circa 5 Jun 1945

USS Archerfish departing Hunter's Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, United States 5 Jun 1945	USS Archerfish off Hunter's Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, United States, 5 Jun 1945