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Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her bow from starboard side, with heavy cruiser Minneapolis in background, 1 May 1943	Jeep, WC-4 truck, and 37 mm Gun M3 of US 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 1 May 1943

Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 May 1943, photo 1 of 2	Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 May 1943, photo 2 of 2

USS S-35 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 May 1943, photo 1 of 2	USS S-35 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 May 1943, photo 2 of 2

PT-196, an Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat, in an experimental paint scheme, Bayonne, New Jersey, 3 May 1943. Note that the paint on the sides is meant to deflect attention while the paint on the bow draws attention.	Cruiser USS Boise passing carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States, 6 May 1943. Note Boise’s Measure 22 paint scheme and F6F-3 Hellcat fighter on Yorktown’s deck-edge elevator.

George Washington Carver sliding down the shipway after launching, Yard No. 1, Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, 7 May 1943	Lena Horne at the launching of SS George Washington Carver, Yard No. 1, Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, 7 May 1943

Broadside view of USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on 8 May 1943. Note how her fairwater has been cut down, the deck gun forward, and also the barrage balloon.	Captain Warren K Berner, left, reading his orders to take command of the training carrier USS Sable at her commissioning ceremony at the American Shipbuilding Company in Buffalo, New York, 8 May 1943.

Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 1 of 3	Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 2 of 3

Searaven off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 8 May 1943, photo 3 of 3	The training aircraft carrier USS Sable in the icy waters of Lake Erie on the day of her commissioning in Buffalo, New York, United States, 8 May 1943.

USS Ancon, Chesapeake Bay, United States, 8 May 1943	USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on 8 May 1943. The two humps above her engine rooms accommodate newly installed mufflers. Note the deck gun forward and the barrage balloons.

Mother's Day religious service, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, United States, 9 May 1943	The launching of the USS Robalo at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, May 9, 1943.