World War II Photograph Search [oat]

500 items in this album on 25 pages.


Pre-commissioning photo of the submarine Saury at Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, 10 Feb 1939. Note that Saury is painted with Electric Boat Company’s construction number rather than the Navy’s hull number.	Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 2 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult	Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 3 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult	German U-boat, probably U-47, photographed from battlecruiser Scharnhorst, circa late 1939

Destroyer USS Reuben James aground on Cay Lobos off the north shore of Cuba, 30 Nov 1939. She was floated off the next day. Photo 1 of 2.	Destroyer USS Reuben James aground on Cay Lobos off the north shore of Cuba, 30 Nov 1939. She was floated off the next day. Photo 2 of 2.	Line of OS2U Kingfisher float planes running up their engines prior to a practice flight at a training base in the United States, 1939-40.	Electric Boat Company workers laying the keel of future submarine Gar, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 1000 hours on 27 Dec 1939

A boatswain aboard Scharnhorst, winter 1939-1940	A French 130 flying boat with its crew, circa 1940s	Building hall (center), floating drydock (foreground), slips (right), and other facilities of Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg, Germany, 1940s	Floatplane variant of Ju 52, circa 1930s

French 130 flying boat being launched from a ship's catapult, circa 1940s	French 130 M flying boat in flight, circa 1940s	Japanese Army soldier having just tied a Japanese flag to the horn of a goat, circa 1940s	Liberty party from battleship California prepared to go ashore, 1940; note SOC-3 floatplanes atop Turret #3 and on after catapult

Light cruiser Kirov, 1940; note G-5-class torpedo boat in foreground	Tender Tsingtau tending to S-boats, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1940	United States Navy recognition photo of the Kawanishi H6K flying boat, code named “Mavis” by the Allies, circa 1940. Photo 1 of 2.	United States Navy recognition photo of the Kawanishi H6K flying boat, code named “Mavis” by the Allies, circa 1940. Photo 2 of 2.