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Aircraft carrier USS Langley (Langley-class) alongside the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States, 3 Jul 1923. The white building at the photo’s top left is the present day National Museum of the Navy.Charles Lindbergh prepared to disembark from Memphis at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States upon his return from Europe after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11 Jun 1927
Aircraft carrier USS Langley (Langley-class) alongside the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States, 3 Jul 1923. The white building at the photo’s top left is the present day National Museum of the Navy.Charles Lindbergh prepared to disembark from Memphis at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States upon his return from Europe after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11 Jun 1927
Memphis at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, with Charles Lindbergh on board, upon his return from Europe after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11 Jun 1927Naval gunners practicing the overhauling of a 7-inch gun, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 3 Jun 1935
Memphis at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, with Charles Lindbergh on board, upon his return from Europe after his pioneering trans-Atlantic flight, 11 Jun 1927Naval gunners practicing the overhauling of a 7-inch gun, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 3 Jun 1935
Sailors in coppersmith class, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 8 Jun 1935Naval gun factory, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, circa 1937
Sailors in coppersmith class, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 8 Jun 1935Naval gun factory, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, circa 1937
Naval gunners in machine and bench work class, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, circa 1937Hull test model for South Dakota-class battleships at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States, 1938
Naval gunners in machine and bench work class, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, circa 1937Hull test model for South Dakota-class battleships at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States, 1938
President Franklin Roosevelt (striped tie) with Eleanor Roosevelt (far left) and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (between the Roosevelts) aboard the yacht Potomac, Washington, DC, 9 Jun 1939Burke shaking hands of Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. and Admiral David L. McDonald as the latter relieved the former as Chief of Naval Operations, Washington Navy Yard, DC, United States, 1 Aug 1963
President Franklin Roosevelt (striped tie) with Eleanor Roosevelt (far left) and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (between the Roosevelts) aboard the yacht Potomac, Washington, DC, 9 Jun 1939Burke shaking hands of Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. and Admiral David L. McDonald as the latter relieved the former as Chief of Naval Operations, Washington Navy Yard, DC, United States, 1 Aug 1963
Kaiten Type 2 or Type 4 submarine on display at the Washington Navy Yard, DC, United States, 1974Cutaway of a disarmed Mousetrap rocket and warhead at the National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 24 Nov 2018. Note the museum’s caption in the lower right.
Kaiten Type 2 or Type 4 submarine on display at the Washington Navy Yard, DC, United States, 1974Cutaway of a disarmed Mousetrap rocket and warhead at the National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 24 Nov 2018. Note the museum’s caption in the lower right.
Chronometer from the German U-505 at the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington DC, 20 Dec 2018.
Chronometer from the German U-505 at the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington DC, 20 Dec 2018.


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"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"

Winston Churchill, 1935


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