Photos Taken in Atlantic Ocean | World War II Database

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Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device.	USS Sea Robin during shakedown training off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 4 Sep 1944

USS Nevada underway off the US Atlantic coast while en route from New York, New York, United States to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 17 Sep 1944; photograph taken from a blimp of squadron ZP-12	USS Bennington steaming out of New York Harbor en route Norfolk, Virginia, 25 Sep 1944. This photo was taken from an airship with Squadron ZP-12 stationed at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

USS Bennington steaming south across the Caribbean on her way to Trinidad on her shakedown cruise, 20 Oct 1944. Note the Measure 33, Design 17 paint scheme.	PBJ-1H Mitchell strafer bomber on the flight deck of USS Shangri-La off Chesapeake Bay during trails to judge the suitability of the Mitchell as a carrier aircraft, 15 Nov 1944.

Escort carrier USS Bogue in Measure 32/Design 4A paint steaming off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, Feb 1945. Note TBM Avengers on deck.	Destroyer HMS Malcolm approaching German submarine U-541 after the U-Boat surrendered pursuant to Germany’s surrender terms, 11 May 1945 off Portugal, photographed from a PBY from VPB-63.

PT-601 “Termites Delight,” an Elco 80-footer that later served with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 41 (MTBRon 41), is seen here on a shakedown run off Bayonne, New Jersey, United States during Jun 1945.	US President Harry Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Captain James Foskett aboard USS Augusta, 11 Jul 1945

Canadian troops aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec 1945	Canadian troops aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec 1945; note large waves in background

Destroyer USS Saufley performing rescue operations in the Atlantic 275 miles east of Florida. A Curtiss Commando airliner flying from Puerto Rico lost an engine and went down. Saufley picked up 37 survivors.	Destroyer escort USS Tabberer in the mid-1950s during her second commissioning, Atlantic Ocean.

USS Bennington underway in the Atlantic with jet aircraft on deck, 1954 after her first modernization. Note the removal of the four 5-inch gun turrets and the addition of 40mm gun tubs, most notably on the bow.	USS Iowa (foreground) and sister-ship USS New Jersey on maneuvers in the Atlantic, mid-1950s.

USS Hornet en route to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 10 Jan 1954	USS Kyne underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1 Apr 1953; photograph taken from an aircraft from Naval Air Station New York

USS Shangri-La underway off Mayport, Florida, United States, Aug 1960; note F8U-1, F4D-1, A4D-2, and AD-6 aircraft	USS Wasp recovering Gemini IV space capsule in the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles east of Cape Kennedy, Florida, United States, at 1212 hours on 7 Jun 1965