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Nagato underway, Japan, Mar 1946	52 submarines and 4 submarine tenders of the US Navy Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, circa Jan 1946

Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling visiting USS LST-1050 of US Navy 7th Fleet, early 1946; seen in 15 Feb 1946 issue of The China Press	HMS Glory and HMS Implacable at Port Melbourne, Australia, Jan 1946

Inactivated submarines at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 3 Jan 1946	Tiru under construction at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 3 Jan 1946; submarines in background were Bashaw, Pampanito, Mingo, Gurnard, Macabi, Tunny, Guavina, and Sand Lance

Cumberland in Grand Harbour, Malta, 8 Jan 1946	Ending her last operational voyage, escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Alameda, California, United States, with a deck load of surrendered Japanese aircraft, 8 Jan 1946. Note Bogue’s Measure 21 paint.

Scrapping of Marblehead in Dry Dock No. 4, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 Jan 1946	Nagato (foreground) and South Dakota (background) seen from a Japanese I-400-class submarine, Japan, 14 Jan 1946

Battleship Massachusetts underway at 6 knots in Puget Sound, Washington, United States after her final overhaul, 22 Jan 1946	President Harry Truman congratulating Lieutenant Donald Gary after Gary received the Medal of Honor, the White House, Washington, DC, United States, 23 Jan 1946

USS Bennington alongside Ford Island at Berth F-2 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 Jan 1946. Note her freshly painted peacetime white deck markings and camouflage paint on some of the Ford Island buildings.	I-58 at Sasebo, Japan, Jan 1946

I-58's forward torpedo room, showing 21-inch tubes for the Type 95 torpedo, 28 Jan 1946	USS Besugo at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 Jan 1946; note USS Spadefish and USS Barbero in background

Katsuragi refueling in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain while transporting 5,000 Japanese servicemen back to the Japanese home islands, 31 Jan 1946	American submarine Apogon alongside a LCVP from LST 52, circa Feb 1946

Koryu submarines in a partially flooded drydock at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, Feb 1946	Nagato in port, Japan, early 1946