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United States Coast Guard sailor setting the depth fuse on a depth charge aboard sub-Chaser PC-556 in the Atlantic, 8 Oct 1942US carrier Ranger maneuvering with a destroyer escort in the central Atlantic, 27 Oct 1942. Note the stacks rotated to the horizontal for flight operations.
United States Coast Guard sailor setting the depth fuse on a depth charge aboard sub-Chaser PC-556 in the Atlantic, 8 Oct 1942US carrier Ranger maneuvering with a destroyer escort in the central Atlantic, 27 Oct 1942. Note the stacks rotated to the horizontal for flight operations.
Major General George Patton on the decks of the USS Augusta while crossing the Atlantic en route to the North African landings of Operation Torch, Oct-Nov 1942F4F-4 Wildcat taking off from Ranger for strikes against Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), 9 Nov 1942. Note airborne Army O-59A Grasshopper observation planes launched from Ranger minutes before.
Major General George Patton on the decks of the USS Augusta while crossing the Atlantic en route to the North African landings of Operation Torch, Oct-Nov 1942F4F-4 Wildcat taking off from Ranger for strikes against Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), 9 Nov 1942. Note airborne Army O-59A Grasshopper observation planes launched from Ranger minutes before.
United States Army Piper L-4 Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 2 of 2.United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 1 of 2.
United States Army Piper L-4 Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 2 of 2.United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 1 of 2.
Anti-aircraft gunnery drill aboard USS Alabama in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943British Boston Mark III bombers of No. 88 Squadron RAF in flight over the North Sea toward continental Europe, escorted by Mustang Mark I fighters, 1940s
Anti-aircraft gunnery drill aboard USS Alabama in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943British Boston Mark III bombers of No. 88 Squadron RAF in flight over the North Sea toward continental Europe, escorted by Mustang Mark I fighters, 1940s
Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein of U-156 addressing his crew while at sea, Atlantic Ocean, 1942-1943USS Alabama firing during an exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943
Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein of U-156 addressing his crew while at sea, Atlantic Ocean, 1942-1943USS Alabama firing during an exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943
USS South Dakota and USS Alabama in the North Atlantic, 1943USS South Dakota and USS Alabama underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943; photo taken from HMS King George V
USS South Dakota and USS Alabama in the North Atlantic, 1943USS South Dakota and USS Alabama underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943; photo taken from HMS King George V
USS South Dakota, USS Alabama, and HMS Anson in the North Atlantic, 1943P-40L Kittyhawk fighters of the USAAF 58th Fighter Group on the flight deck of USS Ranger bound for West Africa, late Feb 1943. Note the dark protective coating painted on the canopies.
USS South Dakota, USS Alabama, and HMS Anson in the North Atlantic, 1943P-40L Kittyhawk fighters of the USAAF 58th Fighter Group on the flight deck of USS Ranger bound for West Africa, late Feb 1943. Note the dark protective coating painted on the canopies.
Time Magazine war correspondent William Walton, in the expensive coat, speaking with crewmen aboard the Coast Guard cutter Spencer, early 1943 in the Atlantic.A TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-4 resting upside down on two of USS Ranger’s port stacks following a landing accident in the mid-Atlantic, 2 Mar 1943. Note the tailhook still hooked to the arresting cable.
Time Magazine war correspondent William Walton, in the expensive coat, speaking with crewmen aboard the Coast Guard cutter Spencer, early 1943 in the Atlantic.A TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-4 resting upside down on two of USS Ranger’s port stacks following a landing accident in the mid-Atlantic, 2 Mar 1943. Note the tailhook still hooked to the arresting cable.
Superstructure of USS Alabama while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 4 Mar 1943USS Alabama in the Atlantic Ocean, 4 Mar 1943
Superstructure of USS Alabama while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 4 Mar 1943USS Alabama in the Atlantic Ocean, 4 Mar 1943
View of United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer taken from sister ship Duane, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, Apr 1943A boarding party shoves off from United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer to board the U-175 after the sub was forced to the surface by depth charges, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943.
View of United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer taken from sister ship Duane, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, Apr 1943A boarding party shoves off from United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer to board the U-175 after the sub was forced to the surface by depth charges, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943.

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