Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

9,412 items in this album on 471 pages.


Quad-mount of 1.1”/75 anti-aircraft guns aboard USS Ranger during Operation Torch off the coast of West Africa, Nov 1942.	South Dakota, DD Mahan, DD Lamson repaired by USS Prometheus at Nouméa, New Caledonia, Nov 1942

TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942	TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942

TBF-1 Avengers and SBD Dauntless bombers running up their engines aboard USS Ranger off West Africa during Operation Torch, Nov 1942. Note one F4F Wildcat without its engine running.	United States Coast Guard landing craft and barges delivering supplies to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, late 1942

US Army sentry at the partially capsized Vichy-French ocean liner SS Porthos in the harbor at Casablanca, French Morocco, 8 Nov 1942. The Porthos was damaged by 16-inch shells fired from the USS Massachusetts.	US Navy aviation cadets check flight boards for last minute instructions, Naval Air Training Center, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Nov 1942; note N3N-3 Canary aircraft

USS Sunfish in US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1942	USS Sunfish in US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1942

USS Sunfish in US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1942	USS Sunfish in US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1942

A Japanese ship sinking, seen from USS Seawolf's periscope, as the result of torpedo attack, fall 1942; ship was possibly Gifu Maru, sunk in Davao Gulf, Philippine Islands, 2 Nov 1942, photo 1 of 2	A Japanese ship sinking, seen from USS Seawolf's periscope, as the result of torpedo attack, fall 1942; ship was possibly Gifu Maru, sunk in Davao Gulf, Philippine Islands, 2 Nov 1942, photo 2 of 2

A United States Navy patrol PBY Catalina turned upside down by heavy winds at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 2 Nov 1942. Note another PBY askew in the left background.	Memphis off New York City, United States, 2 Nov 1942, with a barge and harbor tug alongside, photo 1 of 2

Memphis off New York City, United States, 2 Nov 1942, with a barge and harbor tug alongside, photo 2 of 2	Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue in Measure 21 paint scheme underway in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 3 Nov 1942.

USS Tunny off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 3 Nov 1942	US Army M-3 Halftrack set up as an ambulance, Camp Young, California, United States, Nov 6, 1942