Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being prepared for christening and launching, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Note the platform built for the sponsor and other dignitaries.	Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her first attempt to be christened (the bottle missed), Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York.

Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her second and successful attempt to be christened, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York.	Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga sliding down the ways during her launch at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944.

Stern view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944	TBF-1C aircraft having just been jettisoned from USS Coral Sea near Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 7 Feb 1944

USS Langley at anchor in Kwajalein Lagoon, 8 Feb 1944	USS Saratoga underway in the Marshall Islands area, 8 Feb 1944; note SBD Dauntless and F6F Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck

FM-2 Wildcat of USS Card in flight, 10 Feb 1944	Strike photo stitched together from photos taken by USS Langley aircraft showing severe damage to the runway and the surrounding areas on Engebi Island (now Enjebi), Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, 11 Feb 1944.

US Navy K-class airship of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11 on a snow covered ramp at NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Feb 11, 1944.	F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 2 being shot from the hangar deck catapult of the Fleet Carrier USS Hornet (Essex-class) during training in Chesapeake Bay, Feb 12 1944.

Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation aircraft on a 2.5 ton CCKW truck in preparation for the D-Day landings. Devon, England, United Kingdom, Feb 12 1944.	Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington

Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington	Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 3 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington

Battleship Indiana at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Feb 1944, photo 4 of 4; note damage from collision with Washington	B-17F Fortress flying over Monte Cassino as smoke rises from the abbey, Feb 15, 1944.

US reconnaissance photo of the Japanese seaplane base at Kavieng Harbor, New Ireland, 15 Feb 1944; note Mitsubishi F1M2 Float Planes, US code named 'Pete'	B-25 aircraft of 345th Bombardment Group, US 500th Bombardment Squadron attacking Japanese Sub Chaser CH-39 off Three Island Harbor, New Hanover, New Ireland, 16 Feb 1944, 1 of 3