Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	United States Navy sailors climbing on floats for submarine nets, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941. Each float was 8 feet across, 14 feet, 8 inches long, and weighed 8,700 pounds.

United States Navy sailors constructing submarine netting from steel cables, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	United States Navy sailors gathering partially completed submarine netting made from steel cables, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.

Ventura aircraft being built for the British Royal Air Force, Vega Aircraft Corporation plant, Burbank, California, United States, Jun 1941	Willys MA Jeeps being readied for shipment lined up on Crissy Field, The Presidio, San Francisco, California, United States, 1941

Keel laying ceremony of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 Jun 1941, photo 1 of 2	Keel laying ceremony of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 Jun 1941, photo 2 of 2

View of Ways 3 and 4 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1941; note hull section for future USS Wahoo at left of photo	USS Astoria's bridge and surrounding area while undergoing overhaul work at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Jul 1941; note main and secondary battery gun directors atop battle lookout platform, quadruple machine gun mounting, siren on funnel, and Measure 1 camouflage

Astoria off Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 Jul 1941, photo 1 of 2	Astoria off Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 Jul 1941, photo 2 of 2

Gato-class submarine Silversides sliding down the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	The moment of christening for the Gato-class submarine Silversides and moments before her launch at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.

The party of dignitaries gathered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the christening and launching of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	A-17A aircraft at rest in San Francisco, California, United States, Sep 1941

Destroyer Division 6, Destroyer Squadron 3 ships Clark, Case, Cummings, Shaw, and Tucker at San Diego, California, United States, Oct 1941	Launching of Trigger, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Oct 1941; note submarine Sunfish and submarine tender Sperry in background

Porter off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 4 Nov 1941	W. N. Simons and Robert F. Cooke, honorary keel layers of submarine Tunny, posing with the sign at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 10 Nov 1941