Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Starboard view of USS Tunny, circa mid-1950s	Submarine tender Nereus and Submarine Rescue Vessel Florikan with submarines Tunny, Cusk, Carbonero, Tilefish, Spinax, Rock, Remora, Catfish, and Volador, San Diego, California, US, date unknown

US 187th Regimental Combat Team troops being paradropped from C-46 transport aircraft during a training operation over Korea, date unknown	USS Cod, circa 1950s; note the lack of deck armament as she was used as a trainer during this time

USS Preston, 1950s	USS Sterlet with her crew topside, circa mid-1950s

USS Wasp underway off Taiwan, 5 Jan 1955	USS Intrepid off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 9 Feb 1955; note F2H Banshee aircraft on flight deck

Inactive cruiser Minneapolis being overhauled at Keystone Ship Engineering and Drydock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, spring 1955	USS Conecuh at anchor, Hampton Roads, off Virginia, United States, 25 Apr 1955

Aerial view of the Reserve Fleet Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 19 May 1955	USS Sterlet off US Territory of Hawaii, 19 May 1955

Rear Admiral Burke touring nuclear submarine USS Nautilus, New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 31 May 1955	USS Cassin Young (DD-793) in Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, United States, 9 Jun 1955, seen during commissioning ceremony of USS Vital

Lieutenant Commander R. A. Harris assuming command of USS Charr, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 30 Jun 1955	Portrait of Admiral Burke, 8 Jul 1955, photo 2 of 2

Admiral Burke taking oath as US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Dahlgren Hall, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, 17 Aug 1955; Rear Admiral Ira Nunn was administering the oath	Luz Magsaysay, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ramón Magsaysay in Manila, Philippines, 26 Aug 1955

Burke, in flight suit, arrived at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, US aboard an A3D jet bomber, 15 Sep 1955; meeting him were VAdm Doyle, RAdm Gallery, RAdm Forrestel, and Capt Hollingsworth	Admiral Arleigh Burke and Vice Admiral Austin Doyle in front of the Headquarters of the Chief of Naval Air Training, Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, United States, 16 Sep 1955