Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Workers putting tracks onto a M3 tank at the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, Warren, Michigan, United States, circa 1940-1942, photo 2 of 2	XFL Airabonita prototype aircraft in flight, 1941; seen in Dec 1980 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News

OS2U Kingfisher at the edge of the seaplane ramp at NAS Pensacola, Florida, United States, early 1941. Note Consolidated P2Y flying boat laying off shore, photo 1 of 2 (b/w)	Harry Hopkins departing Britain, 6 Jan 1941

US President Franklin Roosevelt delivering his annual State of the Union speech to the US Congress, 6 Jan 1941	Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Jan 1941. Note the Pearl Harbor Naval Operating Base in the foreground and the carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class) on the far side of Ford Island.

Launch of submarine Grayback, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 31 Jan 1941	Admiral Husband Kimmel at the headquarters of the US Navy Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Feb-Dec 1941

P2Y-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-43 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Jan-Jul 1941	Martin B-26 Marauder bomber control panel, 18 Feb 1941.

Admiral Husband Kimmel with his chief of staff Captain William "Poco" Smith and his operations officer Captain Walter Delany at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1941	HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, some time before her 24 May engagement with Bismarck; note Supermarine Walrus aircraft being lowered on her side

PBY-5 Catalina patrol plane of Patrol Squadron VP-5 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Mar 1941. Note the National Insignia on the nose which at this time were only put on the sides of planes in the Neutrality Patrols	Sister Mahan-class destroyers USS Case, USS Shaw, USS Cummings, and USS Tucker nested together at Auckland, New Zealand, Mar 1941. Note cruiser USS Brooklyn coming in behind the destroyers.

Franklin Roosevelt signing the Lend-Lease bill, Washington, United States, 11 Mar 1941	Bow view of submarine Gar, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 17 Mar 1941

Grampus during her trials, off Groton, Connecticut, United States, 26 Mar 1941, photo 1 of 2	Grampus during her trials, off Groton, Connecticut, United States, 26 Mar 1941, photo 2 of 2

Close-up view of a turret aboard North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, circa Apr 1941	Cranes hoisting floats for submarine nets at the United States Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.