Photos Taken in Atlantic Ocean | World War II Database

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Aerial view of Richelieu just after a refit, off New York City, New York, United States, Sep-Oct 1943, photo 2 of 4	Battleship Richelieu, off the east coast of the United States, Sep-Oct 1943; photo taken from a US Navy seaplane

Commanding Officer Kapitänleutnant Peter Schrewe on the bridge of the German Type IXC/40 submarine U-537, Atlantic Ocean, Oct 1943.	USS Langley underway off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States, 6 Oct 1943; note SNJ aircraft on flight deck and K-class airship from Lighter Than Air Squadron ZP-14 overhead.

Photo showing a US Navy Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo just entering the water. The torpedo can be seen beginning its track toward a submerged submarine. Mid-Atlantic, 12 Oct 1943.	Photo of the German submarine U-402 on the surface of the mid-Atlantic while under attack from US Navy LtCdr Howard Avery’s TBF Avenger flying from USS Card, 13 Oct 1943.

Photo showing a US Navy Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo just entering the water. The torpedo can be seen beginning its track toward a submerged submarine. Mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943.	Civilian technician Dr. Kurt Sommermeyer aboard U-537 in the Labrador Sea listening to signals transmitted by Weather Station Kurt (named for Sommermeyer) broadcasting from the Labrador coast, 24 Oct 1943.

USS New Jersey during a training exercise in the Caribbean Sea area, 26 Oct 1943; photographed from a minesweeper	Aircraft elevator aboard the escort carrier USS Santee loaded with aerial depth charges on bomb dollies on their way up to the flight deck for loading onto TBF Avengers, Nov 1943 in the Atlantic.

Sailors gathered on Cowpens' flight deck, Atlantic Ocean, Jul-Aug 1943; note red lines on side of the SBD Dauntless wing roundel, which was used only between 29 Jun 1943 and 14 Aug 1943	TBF Avenger running up its engines before launching from escort carrier USS Santee in the Atlantic, Nov 1943. Note the catapult bridle attached to the landing gear.

German Type IX submarine U-848 under attack by four US Navy PB4Y Liberators of VB-107 and two US Army B-25 Mitchells in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 5 Nov 1943. U-848 was sunk in this attack with all 63 men lost.	Photo of the 130 survivors of destroyer USS Borie on the flight deck of USS Card following a memorial service for the 27 shipmates lost in the sinking 2 Nov 1943 (photo about 8 Nov 1943).

German submarine U-172 under attack by Lt(jg) James Ogle from Composite Squadron VC-19 flying from USS Bogue, 13 Dec 1943. Note approaching destroyer, probably USS Osmond Ingram.	German submarine U-850 under attack by Lt Harold Bradshaw from Composite Squadron VC-19 flying from USS Bogue, 20 Dec 1943. Note what appears to be a Mark 24 FIDO homing torpedo entering the water.

Martlet fighter warming up on the flight deck of HMS Formidable in the North Atlantic, 1944	RMS Queen Elizabeth underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1940s

A rocket attack on the German Type VIIC Submarine U-758 by TBF Avengers from USS Block Island northeast of the Azores, 11 Jan 1944. Note two rockets hitting just astern of the U-Boat. U-758 was damaged but not sunk.	USS San Jacinto underway off Virginia, United States, 23 Jan 1944; note camouflage Measure 33 Design 7A and SNJ training plane on flight deck; photographed from a Squadron ZP-14 blimp