The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) leads a battleship and three cruisers into Lingayen Gulf preceding the landing on Luzon, Philippines, January 1945. The wartime censor has removed a portion of USS Pennsylvania’s...
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A camouflaged U.S. Navy Omaha-class light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) off Port Angeles, Washington in April 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) photographed at sea during 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The Sea-Air Navy. (U.S. Army Information Branch, Newsmap, February 25, 1946.)
A side profile view of a Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk scout seaplane parked on its wheels. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
USS Hornet ahead of USS Bon Homme Richard during western Pacific gunnery practice, June 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Saint Louis (CL-49) photographed at Tulagi, Solomon Islands in 1943. For her role during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Saint Louis was nicknamed the “Lucky Lou.” (U.S. Navy...
On the crowded flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, Grumman TBF-1 Avengers, and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless prepare for a strike in November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy’s USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), a Casablanca-class escort carrier, is photographed at anchor in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo fighter suffers a landing gear failure on board the USS Long Island in July 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)