WAVES: Women in the WW2 US Navy Photographs

158 items in this album on 8 pages.


WAVES enlisted personnel dining at Hotel Bedford, New York City, New York, United States, 4 Jan 1943	Commissioning ceremony, Female Officer Training School, Hunter College, Bronx, New York, United States, early 1943; note Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Lt. Cmdr. Mildred McAfee, RAdm. Randall Jacobs	WAVES trainees eating a meal, Naval Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, Feb 1943	Mess at US Naval Training Center, Hunter College, Bronx, New York, United States, 8 Feb 1943; the location was dedicated to the training of women for the US Navy and Coast Guard

New WAVES and SPARS enlistees taking the oath in a ceremony held in front of New York City Hall, New York, United States, 8 Feb 1943	Raising the flag at US Naval Training Center, Hunter College, Bronx, New York, United States, 8 Feb 1943; the location was dedicated to the training of women for the US Navy and Coast Guard	Twin sisters Ann Louise Budnick and Jule Louise Budnick talking with a WAVE personnel, New York City, New York, United States, 8 Feb 1943	WAVES personnel in quarters, Washington, DC, United States, 11 Feb 1943; L to R: Storekeeper 3rd Class H. Huse, Storekeeper 3rd Class H. Barr, Radioman 3rd Class W. Crilry, Seaman 2nd Class L. Gridley

WAVES personnel posing with High Standard Model B pistols at an indoor range at Treasure Island Naval Base, California, United States, 11 Feb 1943	WAVES Specialist (T) 3rd Class Dorothy Knee and Specialist (T) Genevieve Close directing air traffic at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, District of Columbia, United States, in early or mid-1943	WAVES students marching out of Morrill Hall, Naval Training Center, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States, Mar 1943; note the women were wearing raincoats and havelocks but the sky was clear	WAVES personnel registering at the Master-at-Arms' office, possibly at the US Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, Apr 1943

US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox inspecting WAVES officers Ensign Mary Cave (center of photograph), Ensign Margaret Campbell (speaking to Knox), and Ensign Bertha Shoves (right of photograph), accompanied by station commanding officer Captain Henry Gearing, Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943	Graduating WAVES yeomen, Naval Training Center (Hunter College), Women's Reserve, the Bronx, New York City, United States, summer 1943	WAVES personnel Bernice Garrott marking off an aircraft check-off list, Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, United States, 7 Jul 1943; note SNB-1 training aircraft	Enlisted WAVES member checking a label on a Naval air station weather board, United States, 13 Jul 1943

Aviation Machinist's Mate John Anderson supervised WAVES Seamen 1st Class Inez Waits and Lucille H. Henderson, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943	WAVES Airman 1st Class (Aviation Metalsmith) Barbara Stroud drilling and riveting aircraft structure in the Assembly and Repair Department at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 2	WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 July 1943	WAVES Aviation Metalsmith 3rd Class Claire Bickham and Seaman 1st Class (Aviation Metalsmith) Susie Alvis riveting aircraft, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943