Photos Taken in Atlantic Ocean | World War II Database

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USS New Mexico, off Nova Scotia, Canada, late 1920s	US delegates en reoute to Second London Naval Conference aboard passenger liner George Washington, Jan 1930

Deutsche Luft Hansa flying boat tender Westfalen in the Atlantic Ocean, 1933; note Wal flying boat	Battleship USS Maryland underway in 1935.

HMS Glorious and HMS Diana, Norwegian Sea, May 1940; photo taken from HMS Ark Royal	Scharnhorst firing her forward guns against HMS Glorious, in the Norwegian Sea west of Narvik, Norway, 8 Jun 1940

HMS Hermes and HMS Dorsetshire escorting convoy US.3 with Australian and New Zealand troops on board, Atlantic Ocean, 9 Jun 1940	HMS Rajputaana (F 35) sinking in the North Atlantic Ocean, 13 Apr 1941

British motor merchant vessel Beacon Grange sinking after being struck by German submarine U-552, south of Iceland, 27 Apr 1941	A smoke cloud hanging over HMS Hood immediately after an explosion, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941

Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 8 of 8; photographed from Prinz Eugen	Hood exploding at Denmark Strait, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941

Painting by J. C. Schmitz-Westerholt depicting Hood's loss on 24 May 1941; Prince of Wales is in the foreground	Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 1 of 2

Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 2 of 2	HMS Rodney firing on German battleship Bismarck, 27 May 1941

Survivors of battleship Bismarck being pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire, 27 May 1941	Cruiser USS Omaha (right) laying off the seized German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, 6 Nov 1941. The Odenwald had been disguised as the US-flag ship Willmoto carrying rubber from Japan to Germany.

US Navy prize crew aboard the seized German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, 6 Nov 1941. The Odenwald had been disguised as the US-flag ship Willmoto carrying rubber from Japan to Germany.	Sketch of the explosion on Hood by Royal Navy Captain J. C. Leach for the 2nd Board of Enquiry, 1941