Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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The steamship Greater Buffalo before she was converted to the training aircraft carrier USS Sable. The Great Lakes, United States, 1930s.	Torpedo boat Jaguar underway, 1934

Torpedo boat Jaguar underway, probably in the Baltic Sea, 1934-1935	Tuscaloosa steaming at high speed, probably during trials in 1934

USS California at sea, circa mid-1930s	USS New Mexico, circa 1934, photo 1 of 3

USS New Mexico, circa 1934, photo 2 of 3	USS New Mexico, circa 1934, photo 3 of 3

USS Ranger underway shortly after her commissioning, circa 1933.	USS West Virginia entering San Francisco Bay during the 1930s

Tenryu in Shanghai, China, Feb 1934, photo 1 of 2	Tenryu in Shanghai, China, Feb 1934, photo 2 of 2

Battleships Nagato, Kirishima, Ise, and Hyuga and a Sendai-class cruiser (foreground to background), circa early 1934	Cachalot leaving the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, for a 5,000-mile endurance test, 7 Mar 1934

Aerial view of German light cruiser Karlsruhe underway off San Diego, California, United States, 27 Mar 1934; note off-centerline positioning of turrets	Erich Raeder, Werner von Blomberg, and Adolf Hitler aboard German cruiser Deutschland in the North Sea, Apr 1934

Heavy cruiser USS Chester leading her sister ships, USS Salt Lake City, USS Pensacola, and USS Northampton during Fleet Problem XV in Panama Bay, Panama, 21 Apr 1934.	Pennsylvania steaming in Panama Bay with her 14-in guns trained out to port, on 21 Apr 1934

HMS Exeter at Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934	USS Melville (foreground, with USS Zane and another destroyer), USS Medusa, USS Litchfield (with another destroyer), HMS Exeter, and USS Truxtun (background, with another destroyer) in Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934