Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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USS Makin Island (foreground), a Cleveland-class light cruiser (center), and a Haven-class hospital ship (furthest from camera) in Wakanoura Bay, Wakayama, Japan during the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, mid-Sep 1945	Koryu Type D submarines in an assembly shed at the Mitsubishi shipyard, Nagasaki, Japan, 17 Sep 1945	Advanced Base Sectional Dock #2 (foreground) and ABSD #4 at Papitalai Harbor (a sheltered bay in Seeadler Harbor), Manus, Admiralty Islands, 18 Sep 1945.	TBM-3 Avenger aircraft launching from USS Makin Island en route Wakayama, Japan to cover the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, Sep 1945

A Kairyu-class submarine outside her cave hideaway, Japan, 22 Sep 1945; the men were crew of American cruiser Boston	Junyo at Sasebo, Japan, with Ha-210 and another Ha-201-class submarine at her side, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945	Junyo moored at Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2	Junyo moored at Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2

View from the island of Junyo's aft aircraft elevator, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note two HA-201-class submarines in background	View from the island of Junyo's forward aircraft elevator, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note US Navy LSTs in background	View of Junyo's island, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note radar antennas and outward-raked smokestack	Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting Admiral William Halsey with a gold star in lieu of a fourth award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, 28 Sep 1945.

San Francisco off Korea, 28 Sep 1945; note SOC aircraft on catapults	Nagato at anchor, Yokosuka, Japan, circa late Sep 1945	A Kairyu-class submarine partially submerged, circa Oct-Dec 1945; copied from the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 124, fig 134	A Kairyu-class submarine partially submerged, circa Oct-Dec 1945; copied from the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 129, fig 144

At the United States Naval Academy’s centennial exhibition, the captured U-505 and torpedo boat T35 are on display as war trophies, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, Oct 1945	Battleship Haruna in her sunken state at Kure, Japan, Oct 1945	Capsized Izumo, Kure, Japan, Oct 1945; photo taken by USS Sigoney aircraft	Captured Shinyo special attack boat, late 1945