Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3; note destroyer Preston in backgroundDetroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3; note destroyers Preston, Conyngham, Caldwell, and Walke in backgroundDetroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3; note destroyer Preston in backgroundLaunching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 (taken at 1510 hours)
Detroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3; note destroyer Preston in backgroundDetroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3; note destroyers Preston, Conyngham, Caldwell, and Walke in backgroundDetroit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3; note destroyer Preston in backgroundLaunching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 (taken at 1510 hours)
Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2Men of US 2nd Marine Division wading through shallow water, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942Oil tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour of Malta, 15 Aug 1942Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942
Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2Men of US 2nd Marine Division wading through shallow water, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942Oil tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour of Malta, 15 Aug 1942Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942
US battleship Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 15 Aug 1942
US battleship Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 15 Aug 1942


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