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P-80A Shooting Star aircraft, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffet Field, California, United States, 22 July 1946	USS Sea Cat off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Jul 1946	USS Sea Cat at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Jul 1946	Commander Samuel Bussey at the commissioning ceremony of USS Barbero, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Jul 1948

Harry Truman signing the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, White House, Washington DC, United States, 1 Aug 1946	USS Charr off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 16 Sep 1946	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General Dwight Eisenhower sharing a laugh at Fort Myer, Virginia, during Monty’s visit to the United States, 19 Sep 1946.	USS Parche arriving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for deactivation overhaul, 14 Oct 1946. Parche had already withstood two atomic bomb explosions at Bikini Atoll and a decontamination process at Pearl Harbor.

USS Dentuda, USS Searaven, and USS Tuna in foreground, with USS Parche, USS Bluegill, and USS Hackleback also present, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946	USS Parche at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946	The first photo from space, 24 Oct 1946; taken from a Devry 35mm movie camera attached to a V2 rocket at altitude of 65 miles; the rocket was launched from US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, United States	President Harry Truman tours the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States escorted by Academy Superintendent Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch, right, 16 Nov 1946.

Aerial view of Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, United States, 1947	Aerial view of model enemy village at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, United States, 1947	Aerial view of model enemy village at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, United States, 1947	Excerpt from the 1947 United States Geological Survey map of San Francisco Bay showing Richmond, California, United States and the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards at Point Potrero.

PBY-5A Catalina and F6F Hellcat on the pad at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, United States, 1947. Note that the Hellcat’s engine has been removed.	TBM-3E Avenger at NAS Squantum, Massachusetts, United States, with partially folded wings, 1947. The white canister mounted under the right wing is a radar pod.	US Navy Ensign Phillip F. Kelly with a captured N1K2-J aircraft, Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States, 1946-1947	USS Shangri-La at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, United States, 1947