Photos Taken in Brooklyn, New York | World War II Database

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USS Iowa at the New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943; note carrier in background	USS Iowa off New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943

USS Iowa with smaller boats off New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943	View from atop turret No. 2 of USS Iowa, looking forward, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943

View of Bofors cluster aboard USS Iowa, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943	View of turret No. 2 and surrounding 20mm Oerlikon mounts aboard USS Iowa, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943

View of USS Iowa's superstructure, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943	USS Gherardi (center) and USS Luce (left) at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Jun-Sep 1943

USS Gherardi (center), USS Luce (left, bow only), USS Butler (right, stern only), USS Doyle (right background), and a British light cruiser (left background) at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Jun-Sep 1943	Launching of Missouri, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 29 Jan 1944

Aerial view of United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer in New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 29 Apr 1944	Mrs. Catherine D McCain, wife of Vice Admiral John S McCain, before the commissioning ceremony of the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard that she had sponsored seven months earlier, New York Navy Yard, 26 Nov 1944.

Aerial view of New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 15 Apr 1945; note USS Reprisal, USS Coral Sea/Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Kearsarge, and USS Oriskany under construction	President Truman aboard USS Missouri at the Brooklyn Navy Yard examining the deck marker on the spot where the surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay, Navy Day, 27 Oct 1945. Also Adm Jonas H Ingram and FAdm William D Leahy

USS Wasp (Essex-class) shifting berths at the New York Navy Yard Annex at Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, 16 Nov 1945. Wasp had just been fitted out as a troop transport for Operation Magic Carpet.	Battleship New Jersey being moved from the New York Navy Yard to the New York Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet based at Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, early 1948

Aerial view of Naval Air Station New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States, seen in Jan 1948 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	The bow of USS Hornet being transported out of New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, May 1952; note USS Ticonderoga in right background; seen in Oct 1957 issue of All Hands magazine

Enterprise at New York Navy Yard 10 days before her scrapping, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 22 Jun 1958