Photos Taken in Oahu | World War II Database

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Bell P-39 Airacobra on the Haleiwa Fighter Strip, Oahu, Hawaii, 1943-45. Note temporary nature of the tower construction.	Floating crane YD-82 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1943-44 (Berth B-25, Merry Loch). Note the harbor ferry Nihoa at right with a load of sailors in liberty whites. Note also fleet headquarters building in camouflage paint.

Nimitz, Fletcher, Spruance, and others, CinCPacHQ, Pearl Harbor, 1944	Overhead view of Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944

TBM Avenger aircraft in covered concrete revetments at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 1940s	Vice Admiral Richmond Turner in his office at the Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1944

An element of TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-32 assigned to Light Carrier USS Langley flying south from their temporary training base at Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, 3 Jan 1944. Note Ko'olau Mountains.	Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 3.

Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 3.	Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 3 of 3.

Ships at Pearl Harbor’s repair piers, 16 Jan 1944. Note the camouflage paint on the buildings.	Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington

Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington	Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 3 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington

Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 4 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington	Battleship Washington's damaged bow after collision with Indiana, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 19 Feb 1944

A sailor sitting in the starboard steering gear ram room of the USS Intrepid seen through a torpedo hole in the hull 15 feet below the waterline, taken as the water receded in Pearl Harbor Drydock #1, 26 Feb 1944.	Damage to USS Intrepid’s starboard rudder being examined in Pearl Harbor Drydock #1, 26 Feb 1944. The damage was done by an aerial torpedo on 17 Feb 1944 off Truk.

Looking up into a torpedo hole in the USS Intrepid hull 15 feet below the waterline near the starboard rudder, taken in Pearl Harbor Drydock #1, 26 Feb 1944. The damage was done 17 Feb 1944 off Truk.	Battleship Washington in drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard to repair collision damage sustained from battleship Indiana in the previous month, US Territory of Hawaii, Mar 1944