Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 May 1943, photo 2 of 2	George Washington Carver sliding down the shipway after launching, Yard No. 1, Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, 7 May 1943

Lena Horne at the launching of SS George Washington Carver, Yard No. 1, Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, 7 May 1943	Broadside view of USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on 8 May 1943. Note how her fairwater has been cut down, the deck gun forward, and also the barrage balloon.

Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 1 of 3	Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 2 of 3

Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 3 of 3	USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on 8 May 1943. The two humps above her engine rooms accommodate newly installed mufflers. Note the deck gun forward and the barrage balloons.

Workers paintingin the hull of USS Searaven during an overhaul, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 13 May 1943	Cruiser USS Portland as seen off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California after overhaul, 17 May 1943.

Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note Morton's father and Morton's wife Harriet	Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note O'Kane's family

USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943, photo 1 of 2	USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943, photo 2 of 2

US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox inspecting WAVES officers Ensign Mary Cave (center of photograph), Ensign Margaret Campbell (speaking to Knox), and Ensign Bertha Shoves (right of photograph), accompanied by station commanding officer Captain Henry Gearing, Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943	US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox speaking to patients at US Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943; some of the patients had been wounded in combat at Guadalcanal

Billboard celebrating USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, mid-1943	Ground crew starting 357th Fighter Group commander Col. Edward S. Chickering's P-39Q the hard way - with the hand crank to get the inertia starter going. Hamilton Field, California, United States, July 1943

Escort Carrier USS Barnes departing San Diego, California bound for Brisbane, Australia with a deck load of P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes, July 1 1943.	Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 3