Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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USS Permit underway, circa mid-1937	US Coast Guard cutter John C. Spencer departing on her maiden voyage to US Territory of Alaska from New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 19 May 1937

Bagley-class destroyers Blue and Helm on 27 May 1937, the date of their launching, in Drydock #2 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.	United States Navy photo of the cruiser HMS Cumberland on the Yangtze River, China below Hankow (now Hankou), 30 May 1937.

Salmon ready for launching at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 12 Jun 1937	USS Perch at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 16 Jun 1937

Texas in the Gatun Locks of Panama Canal, en route to the US east coast, 21 Jun 1937	Helena under construction at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 24 Jun 1937

N3N trainer aircraft being constructed at the Naval Aircraft Factory at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 Jun 1937	Yorktown making 17.5 knots astern during her preliminary standardization trials, run #41, off Rockland, Maine, United States, 12-21 July 1937

Harry Hopkins arriving at the White House, Washington, United States, 14 Jul 1937	Carrier Yorktown underway prior to her commissioning, 21 Jul 1937

USS Augusta off Pudong Point, Shanghai, China, during Second Battle of Shanghai, Aug 1937	Gridley-class destroyer USS Gridley underway, 11 Aug 1937

USS Permit underway during shakedown period, 11 Aug 1937	Injured Chinese toddler crying in the South Station in Shanghai, China, 28 Aug 1937, photo 1 of 2

Captain John S. McCain, Sr., commanding officer of aircraft carrier USS Ranger, Sep 1937.	Japanese Army biplane dropping a bomb over China, 1937

USS Enterprise underway, circa 1937, location unknown	5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose gun on Yorktown's after starboard gun platform, 27 Sep 1937; photo taken at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Virginia, United States