Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Close-up view of USS North Carolina's superstructure while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942; note 20mm Oerlikon cannon	Cruiser Juneau coming alongside a pier at the New York Navy Yard in Feb 1942 prior to her commissioning. Note her modified Measure 12 paint scheme.

Lieutenant Edward O'Hare in his F4F Wildcat, Spring 1942	Officers at US Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, United States, Feb 1942

Ready service boxes aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	United States Coast Guard OS2U-3 Kingfishers armed with aerial depth charges preparing for a convoy escort flight from Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Massachusetts, United States, early 1942.

USS North Carolina at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	USS North Carolina at New York, New York, United States, Feb 1942

USS North Carolina moored at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	View aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942

View of USS North Carolina's fantail while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	Cruiser Salt Lake City firing her 8-in guns on either Wotje, Marshall islands on 1 Feb 1942 or Wake Island on 24 Feb 1942; note SOC Seagull floatplane onboard

Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 5-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 2 of 2.	Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 8-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 1 of 2.

SOC aircraft flew over Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, during attack on Japanese airfields by gunfire from cruisers Salt Lake City and Northampton, 1 Feb 1942; note burning ammunition and fuel dumps	US Navy pilot Lt Wilson R. Bartlett of cruiser Chester returning from observation flight to Taroa, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942; note bomb damage in background and wingtips of his SOC Seagull aircraft

Wounded sailors being taken off of USS Marblehead, Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 4 Feb 1942; seen in Jul 1963 issue of US Navy publication All Hands	Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.

USS Houston at Tjilajap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 6 Feb 1942, seen from USS Marblehead	USS Marblehead at Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942; note bomb damage