Photos Taken in Atlantic Ocean | World War II Database

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Sunrise in the Atlantic 14 Jul 1943 from Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue just after joining Convoy UGS-12 bound for Casablanca.	F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17, “The Jolly Rogers,” landing aboard the carrier Bunker Hill south of Bermuda during her shakedown cruise, 17 July 1943. Photo 1 of 2

F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17, “The Jolly Rogers,” landing aboard the carrier Bunker Hill south of Bermuda during her shakedown cruise, 17 July 1943. Photo 2 of 2	Escort carrier USS Card with TBF-1 Avengers and F4F-4 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-1 steaming into the Atlantic, about Aug 1943. Note the airplanes painted white.

Aerial view of USS New Jersey, 4 Aug 1943; photo taken by Utility Squadron Four, US Navy Aircraft Atlantic Fleet	German submarines U-66 (left) and U-117 were caught on the surface in the mid-Atlantic by a coordinated attack by TBF-1 Avengers and F4F Wildcats flying from USS Card, 7 Aug 1943. U-117 was sunk in the attack.

German submarine U-664 lying dead in the water and sinking by the stern as her crew abandoned ship following an air attack from USS Card aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, 9 Aug 1943. Photo 1 of 2.	German submarine U-664 lying dead in the water and sinking by the stern as her crew abandoned ship following an air attack from USS Card aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, 9 Aug 1943. Photo 2 of 2.

South Dakota and a destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, United States, 9 Aug 1943	Escort Carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic photographed 10 Aug 1943 amid the large oil slick left by German submarine U-664, sunk by Card aircraft the day before.

Type IXC/40 U-Boat U-185 foundering in the mid-Atlantic after an aerial depth charge attack by a TBF-1 Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Core, 24 Aug 1943. 36 were rescued while 43 perished.	A view off the stern of the USS Bunker Hill during a one-day speed run from Boston, Massachusetts to Norfolk, Virginia, 4 Sep 1943. Note the civilian yard worker in the white hat.

TBF Avengers in formation over the carrier USS Ranger with destroyer USS Forrest trailing while training in the Atlantic off Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4 Sep 1943.	Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner steaming in the Atlantic, 6 Sep 1943. Note torpedo tubes between the stacks and three sets of Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.

Aerial view of Richelieu just after a refit, off New York City, New York, United States, Sep-Oct 1943, photo 1 of 4	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.