Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Female African-American Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter, Flossie Burtos, and another unidentified worker working on the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, Apr 1943	Female African-American worker Eastine Cowner working on Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, Apr 1943

Light Carrier USS Independence in port, 1943	P-38G Lightning “Miss Virginia” after a belly landing at Fighter Strip #2, Kukum, Guadalcanal, Apr 1943. Days earlier, this plane, flown by Rex Barber, shot down the G4M bomber carrying Isoroku Yamamoto over Bougainville

Submarine Escolar under construction at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Apr 1943	Three African-American United States Marine Corps recruits running the obstacle course at Camp Lejeune of Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, United States, Apr 1943

Two African-American United States Marine Corps recruits training with a light tank, Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, United States, Apr 1943	US Navy PV-1 Ventura aircraft of VB-136 squadron flying above the Aleutian Islands, Mar-Jun 1943

USS Growler’s bow with the damaged sections removed prior to a replacement bow being fitted into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943. Note crumpled sections.	USS Growler’s replacement bow being lowered into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943.

USS S-38 at San Diego, California, United States, Apr 1943; note attack transport USS Harris in left background	USS S-41, San Diego, California, United States, Apr 1943

View of United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer taken from sister ship Duane, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, Apr 1943	WAVES personnel registering at the Master-at-Arms' office, possibly at the US Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, Apr 1943

Welder trainee Josie Lucille Owens working on the Liberty ship George Washington Carver, Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, Apr 1943	An F4U-1 Corsair with its gear down, flaps down, and hook down prepares to trap aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 2 Apr 1943.

USS Casablanca (right) being prepared for launching two days later, Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, Vancouver, Washington, United States, 3 Apr 1943; note Casablanca-class escort carriers Liscombe Bay, Alikula Bay, and Corregidor under construction	Launching of submarine Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 4 Apr 1943

Launching of the Light Carrier Cabot, 4 Apr 1943, Camden, New Jersey, United States.	USS Iowa off Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, 4 Apr 1943