Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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California firing 5-inch/51 guns in night battle practice, 1933	Chokai firing her 8-inch guns, 1933

Cruiser HMS Cumberland at Hong Kong, early 1930s.	Cruiser USS Portland at anchor, unknown location, 1930s.

Cruiser USS Portland moored to a mooring buoy, unknown location, 1930s.	Cuttlefish surfacing, circa 1933-1939

Deutsche Luft Hansa flying boat tender Westfalen in the Atlantic Ocean, 1933; note Wal flying boat	Émile Bertin under construction, Saint-Nazaire, France, circa 1932-1933

Émile Bertin under construction, Saint-Nazaire, France, circa 1932-1933	Four-stack destroyer USS Reuben James underway, 1930s.

Gorch Fock under construction, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1933	Japanese heavy cruiser Maya, circa early 1930s

Light cruiser Krasnyi Kavkaz and battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna, 1930s	Schematic drawing of the United States Brooklyn-class light cruiser, of which there were nine. The Brooklyn-class design had a large influence on subsequent cruiser designs, both large cruisers and light.

USS S-37, USS S-38, USS S-39, and USS S-40 at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, circa 1933-1934	USS Saratoga on Fleet Maneuvers off San Diego, 1930s. Note Martin MP-1 flying boat.

USS Marblehead underway, 10 Jan 1933	Louisville, Salt Lake City, Northampton, and Chicago turning in formation with three other Scouting Force heavy cruisers to create a slick for landing seaplanes, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 31 Jan 1933

Seven cruisers at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2 Feb 1933. Clockwise from left are Augusta, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Pensacola, unidentified destroyer, Fox, Kane (on marine railway), Northampton, and Chester.	USS Lexington off Honolulu, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, with Diamond Head in the background, 2 Feb 1933