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Launching of submarine Caiman, Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 30 Mar 1944A German Type VII U-Boat in the Atlantic under aerial attack from US Navy aircraft flying from a hunter-killer group built around an Escort Carrier, early 1944.PT Boat PT-564 being tested in the Gulf of Mexico, 1944. Note the Mark XIII aerial torpedoes on the deck. The smaller, lighter, faster PT-564 design was not put into production.The helm of PT-295, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat, 1944. Note the mast in the lowered position, two twin Browning .50 caliber machine gun mounts, and a 20mm Oerlikon gun forward.
Launching of submarine Caiman, Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 30 Mar 1944A German Type VII U-Boat in the Atlantic under aerial attack from US Navy aircraft flying from a hunter-killer group built around an Escort Carrier, early 1944.PT Boat PT-564 being tested in the Gulf of Mexico, 1944. Note the Mark XIII aerial torpedoes on the deck. The smaller, lighter, faster PT-564 design was not put into production.The helm of PT-295, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat, 1944. Note the mast in the lowered position, two twin Browning .50 caliber machine gun mounts, and a 20mm Oerlikon gun forward.
Submarines Blenny (background) and Cochino (foreground) under construction at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States, early Apr 1944Overhead view of PT-515, an Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat with MTB Squadron 35, making a dash across Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, United States as the squadron moved from Rhode Island to Florida, 11 Apr 1944.PT-204, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944.PT-211, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the foredeck.
Submarines Blenny (background) and Cochino (foreground) under construction at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States, early Apr 1944Overhead view of PT-515, an Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat with MTB Squadron 35, making a dash across Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, United States as the squadron moved from Rhode Island to Florida, 11 Apr 1944.PT-204, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944.PT-211, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the foredeck.
US Navy personnel Evalyne Olsen, Anna Welch, Harold Howey, and Jackie Welch on a boat while on leave, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, circa 1944Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-73 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-74 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-75 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.
US Navy personnel Evalyne Olsen, Anna Welch, Harold Howey, and Jackie Welch on a boat while on leave, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, circa 1944Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-73 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-74 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-75 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.
A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 1 of 2A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 2 of 2Men of 163rd Infantry Regiment hit the beach from Higgins boats during the invasion of Wadke Island, New Guinea, 18 May 1944USS Ticonderoga being pushed by tugboats at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 May 1944
A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 1 of 2A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 2 of 2Men of 163rd Infantry Regiment hit the beach from Higgins boats during the invasion of Wadke Island, New Guinea, 18 May 1944USS Ticonderoga being pushed by tugboats at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 May 1944
80-foot Elco patrol boat PT-546 of Motor Patrol Boat Squadron 28 at Barahun Island, Green Islands, 31 May 1944 with extensive bow damage after a nighttime collision with PT-550 off New Ireland.US Sailor removing the securing lines before launching a Mark XIII aerial torpedo from PT Boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Florida, United States, 1944.Captured German crewmen from U-505 climbing a Jacob’s ladder from a whaleboat to come aboard USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), after their rescue from the Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade.
80-foot Elco patrol boat PT-546 of Motor Patrol Boat Squadron 28 at Barahun Island, Green Islands, 31 May 1944 with extensive bow damage after a nighttime collision with PT-550 off New Ireland.US Sailor removing the securing lines before launching a Mark XIII aerial torpedo from PT Boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Florida, United States, 1944.Captured German crewmen from U-505 climbing a Jacob’s ladder from a whaleboat to come aboard USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), after their rescue from the Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade.

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