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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 card made for mothers to send to their sons in uniform, 9 May 1943

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.

US Army Private First Class George Chapman and Sergeant John Eppard working at the Mobile Machine Shop truck of 741st Ordnance Company, 41th Infantry Division at Horanda, New Guinea, 9 May 1943	US Army radioman Corporal John Robbins operating his SCR 188, Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 May 1943

USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 1 of 3; note three TBD Devastator aircraft on the fantail	USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 2 of 3; note TBD Devastator and PV-1 Ventura aircraft on flight deck

USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 3 of 3; note two PV-1 Ventura aircraft	A 2-inch mortar being fired from a Universal Carrier in Britain, 10 May 1943

American troops at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 11 May 1943	Destroyer USS Pruitt and landing craft from USS Heywood moving toward Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 11 May 1943

Kinai Maru just prior to her sinking in the Pacific Ocean, 11 May 1943; photographed from USS Plunger	Kinai Maru sinking in the Pacific Ocean, 11 May 1943; photographed from USS Plunger