Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Carrier Bunker Hill underway, early 1945	Carrier Monterey Crewmen act as a counter-weight on the starboard wing of an F6F-5 Hellcat to keep the aircraft from tumbling over the edge of the flight deck, 1945.

Closeup view of Alaska's superstructure and aircraft catapults, 1945	Consolidated PB2Y Coronado in flight, 1944 to 1945. Note the twin tails with shapes similar to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

Crew members of USS Makin Island at their battle stations with inflatable belts and flash proof clothing, late 1944-mid 1945	Crews attach lines to an F6F Hellcat hanging over the edge of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Crews check on pilot Ens John E Hood in his FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note bent propeller blades.	Crews move quickly to secure an F6F Hellcat as it hangs over the side of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Crews move to secure an FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	Deck crew signals the pilot of an FM-2 Wildcat aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Decoy Japanese B6N, Ki-27, and other aircraft emitting false smoke during US air raid, Koshun Airfield, southern Taiwan, date unknown	Destroyer tender Markab with destroyers Longshaw, Preston, Porterfield, and Cassin Young, circa early 1945

Early CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 long wheel-base chassis truck fitted with a Mobile Dental unit for the 47th Armd Medical Battalion, US 1st Armored Division, probably in Italy, 1944-1945	Eighteen TBM Avengers in flight, 1943-45.

Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-122 traveling at speed, 1944-45. Note Mark XIII aerial torpedoes in their racks have replaced the heavy steel torpedo tubes allowing for Bofors 40mm gun aft and 37mm cannon forward.	Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-130 at cruising speed as seen from PT-143, 1944-45. Note Mark XIII aerial torpedoes, Bofors 40mm gun aft, and 37mm cannon forward on PT-130 and Oerlikon 20mm gun in foreground.

Elco 80-foot torpedo boats PT-126 and PT-159 at a floating drydock, 1944-45. Note mottled paint scheme, Mark XIII aerial torpedoes, Bofors 40mm guns aft, and 37mm cannon forward.	Experimental P-38H Lightning aircraft, date unknown

F2G-1 Corsair aircraft at rest, 1945; seen in Nov 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	F4U-1D Corsair fighter with HVAR rockets being tested by Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, California, United States, 1945; seen in 15 Apr 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News