World War II Photograph Search [oat]

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A PT boat gunner at his 50-cal machine gun, New Guinea, Jul 1943	Higgins 78-foot torpedo boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13) moored in Attu, Alaska, Jul 943. Note PT-75 and PT-78 nested outboard of their squadron-mate and PBY Catalina patrol plane taking off.	USS Iowa with smaller boats off New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943	LST-4 off the beaches of Gela, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943. Note the LCVPs suspended from her davits and note the LCVP’s peculiar spoonbill bow that was so instrumental to the boat’s success.

Heavy cruiser USS Chester shifting berths at Norfolk Navy Yard just after being floated out of drydock, 23 Jul 1943	Man working on hull of US submarine at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943	Type IXC/40 U-Boat U-185 foundering in the mid-Atlantic after an aerial depth charge attack by a TBF-1 Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Core, 24 Aug 1943. 36 were rescued while 43 perished.	German Panzerkampfwagen 35H 734(f) light tank in Split, Croatia, Sep 1943

Tourville at Casablanca, Morocco, circa Aug-Nov 1943; note Loire 130 flying boat and wo Latécoère 298 floatplanes stowed between the stacks, USS Cossatot and other French ships in background	Baltimore off Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 10 Sep 1943; note two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes on catapults	USS Mobile preparing to launch a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane from her port catapult during the Oct 1943 Marcus Island raid. Note the 40mm twin gun mount and man in the gun tub holding a red flag.	USS Franklin being floated out of drydock for the first time, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 14 Oct 1943. Note Navy WAVES on the dock; WAVES' Director, LtCdr Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, was Franklin's sponsor.

United States Coast Guardsmen assist in the recovery of a damaged PB2Y Coronado that partially capsized after losing a wing float on landing in Jamaica Bay, New York, United States, 29 Oct 1943	US Army troops looking at a wrecked H8K flying boat, Makin, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-167 with a through-and-through hole in the bow section made by a Japanese torpedo that did not explode, Solomon Islands, 5 Nov 1943. Note 37mm cannon and “Zebra” pattern paint scheme.	Army Air Corps XC-47C experimental transport aircraft, Jamaica bay, New York, United States, 13 Nov 1943; note Edo Model 78 floats

Casualties evacuated by rubber boat, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Wounded US Marines being evacuated from Tarawa via a rubber boat, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Patrol Craft PCS-1424 photographed on the Manitowoc River by her builder, the Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, 24 Nov 1943. Note the Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.	Battleship USS Iowa launching one of her Vought OS2U Kingfisher float planes while two others remained on their catapults, location unknown, 1944