Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Newly commissioned aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 27 Oct 1941.	F4F-3 Wildcat inside USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 Oct 1941; note spare TBD and SBD aircraft hanging overhead

F4F-3 Wildcat undergoing maintenance in USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 Oct 1941; note spare propellers hanging overhead	Battleship Yamato underway in Sukumo Bay, Japan, 30 Oct 1941

Overhead view of Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Oahu, Hawaii, 30 Oct 1941, 5 weeks before the attack. Photo 1 of 2.	Overhead view of Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Oahu, Hawaii, 30 Oct 1941, 5 weeks before the attack. Photo 2 of 2.

Atlanta underway during her trials, Nov 1941, photo 1 of 2	Atlanta underway during her trials, Nov 1941, photo 2 of 2

Nine PBY-5 Catalina patrol planes of Patrol Squadron VP-14 in formation above Hawaiian waters, Nov 1941.	Forward turrets of North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 1 Nov 1941; note measure 12 modified camouflage

North Carolina at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 1 Nov 1941; note measure 12 modified camouflage	Porter off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 4 Nov 1941

Cruiser USS Omaha (right) laying off the seized German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, 6 Nov 1941. The Odenwald had been disguised as the US-flag ship Willmoto carrying rubber from Japan to Germany.	US Navy prize crew aboard the seized German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, 6 Nov 1941. The Odenwald had been disguised as the US-flag ship Willmoto carrying rubber from Japan to Germany.

Long Island, probably off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1941; note seven SOC-3A and one F2A aircraft on deck	Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 10 Nov 1941; note Battleship Row on top, USS Lexington at bottom, and PBY aircraft at upper right

W. N. Simons and Robert F. Cooke, honorary keel layers of submarine Tunny, posing with the sign at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 10 Nov 1941	Carrier HMS Ark Royal listing badly after a torpedo from German submarine U-81 opened a large hole in her starboard side east of Gibraltar, 13 Nov 1941.

Flight operations on the USS Ranger, 19 Nov 1941. Note the SB2U Vindicator dive bombers and one F4F Wildcat fighter.	WC-4 truck and 37 mm Gun M3 of US 30th Division in exercise, south of Peedee River, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States, 19 Nov 1941