Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Crew member sweeping ashes off a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft. Photo 1 of 2.	Group photograph of the launching party of submarine Trepang, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944; Commander Roy Davenport at center

Launching of USS Trepang, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944	Liberty Ship SS John Stagg at sea, 23 Mar 1944

Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Garvey at the christening of submarine Trepang, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944	Mrs. Davenport breaking bottle on bow of submarine Trepang while his husband Commander Roy Davenport and Mrs. Garvey looked on, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944

Mrs. Davenport, wife of future commanding officer of Trepang, posing with the submarine at its christening, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944	RAdm Mahlon Tisdale presenting champagne bottle to Mrs Davenport to christen Trepang, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944; Mrs Garvey and Cmdr Roy Davenport also present

Submarine USS Trepang shortly after her launching, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Mar 1944	AGP Oyster Bay tending PT boats in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, 25 Mar 1944

British Royal Navy Rear Admiral Clement Moody visiting US carrier USS Saratoga, 27 Mar 1944	MacArthur and Nimitz at MacArthur's headquarters, Brisbane, Australia, 27 Mar 1944

Port side view of the USS Bunker Hill while at sea off the Palau Islands, 27 Mar 1944. Note the Measure 32, Design 6A paint scheme, only two carriers were painted this way.	Amphibious Transport Ship USS Hunter Liggett approaching Mare Island Shipyard for an overhaul, Mare Island, California, United States, Mar 29, 1944. Note LCVP landing craft hanging from davits and stowed on deck.

Ordinancemen working to load a Mark 10 aerial mine into the bomb bay of a TBF-1C of Torpedo Squadron VT-16 aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class), 29 Mar 1944 off the Palau Islands.	Launching of submarine Caiman, Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 30 Mar 1944

Peleliu, Palau Islands under attack by US Navy carrier aircraft, 30 Mar 1944; note F6F Hellcat fighter in flight	Repair ship Akashi burning as the result of US carrier aircraft attack, Palau Islands, 30 Mar 1944

A German Type VII U-Boat in the Atlantic under aerial attack from US Navy aircraft flying from a hunter-killer group built around an Escort Carrier, early 1944.	A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 in flight over Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1944