WAVES: Women in the WW2 US Navy Photographs

158 items in this album on 8 pages.


WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths and Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SBD Dauntless aircraft, Assembly and Repair Department, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943	Cartoon by Sixta depicting events and activities in the first year following the 30 Jul 1942 authorization of the US Navy WAVES program

Members of the first class of WAVES to graduate from the Aviation Metalsmith School, at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, 30 Jul 1943	Seaman 2nd Class Mary Garrell operating the switchboard at WAVES Quarters 'D', Washington, DC, United States, Aug 1943

WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Dorothy Wuestner applying a paint brush to a magneto, Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California, United States, Sep 1943	WAVES personnel playing 'Acey-Deucey' in their quarters, 1 Sep 1943

WAVES Specialist (S) 3rd class Aspasia Phoutrides and Specialist (S) 3rd class Doris Saunders at their barracks at the Advanced Naval Training Station, Seattle, Washington, United States, 16 Sep 1943	Specialist (S) 3rd class Aspasia Phoutrides inspecting WAVES barracks at the Advanced Naval Training Station, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, United States, 18 Sep 1943

WAVES enlisted personnel eating a meal in the United States, 22 Sep 1943	Ensign Mary McLean gave her hat to another WAVES officer as she boarded a training aircraft for an orientation flight, Naval Air Station, Squantum, Massachusetts, United States, Oct 1943

USS Franklin being floated out of drydock for the first time, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 14 Oct 1943. Note Navy WAVES on the dock; WAVES' Director, LtCdr Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, was Franklin's sponsor.	WAVES personnel in the low pressure chamber of Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 14 Oct 1943, photo 1 of 3

WAVES personnel in the low pressure chamber of Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 14 Oct 1943, photo 2 of 3	WAVES personnel in the low pressure chamber of Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 14 Oct 1943, photo 3 of 3

US Navy sailor helping a WAVES trainee pilot putting on her oxygen mask, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 15 Oct 1943	WAVES personnel putting on oxygen masks in preparation of flight simulation in chill chamber, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 15 Oct 1943

WAVES personnel receiving briefing in preparation of flight simulation in chill chamber, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 15 Oct 1943	WAVES Seaman 1st Class C. Reed arriving at ACORN Training Detachment, Port Hueneme, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943

WAVES trainee pilot preparing for flight simulation in the chill chamber, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 15 Oct 1943	WAVES personnel serving as cheerleaders for the football team of Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, 21 Oct 1943. L to R: Virginia Gervais, Dorothy Nicoll, Mary Kneller, and Nancy Lanford