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HMS Howe at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Jul 1942	HMS Howe at Govan, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1942	Lieutenant Commander John Bulkeley, United States Navy, at the helm of motor torpedo boat PT-64, a 77-foot Elco boat, Melville, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1942.	Littorio in camouflage, Taranto, Italy, summer 1942

Lt Cmdr Howard W Gilmore, commander of the submarine USS Growler in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii upon receiving his first Navy Cross for an attack on three warships within the Kiska Island anchorage in the Aleutians, Jul 1942.	Men aboard the destroyer USS Shaw drilling on the No. 3 5”/38 caliber gun, Jul 1942 probably off San Diego. Note the open pedestal mount and the sailors at left holding the 5-inch practice shells.	PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 1 of 2	PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 2 of 2

PT-95, a Huckins 78-foot motor torpedo boat, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Jul 1942. Note how lightly armed this boat is compared to later boats in the forward areas.	Rear Admiral William Tennant aboard HMS Mauritius, Jul 1942	South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 1 of 2	South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 2 of 2

Tending to the colors aboard a troop transport ship during exercises off the east coast of the United States, mid-1942.	USS Alabama at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Feb-Aug 1942; note Crane Ship No. 1, former battleship Kearsage, servicing Alabama	USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii June or July 1942 after the Doolittle Raid. Note the distinctive early “dazzle” paint scheme.	USS Saratoga at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, mid-1942

View of battleship Musashi's superstructure during its sea trials between Tokuyama and Kure, Seto Inland Sea, Japan, Jun-Jul 1942	View of Roma's superstructure, Monfalcone, Italy, summer 1942, photo 1 of 2	View of Roma's superstructure, Monfalcone, Italy, summer 1942, photo 2 of 2	USS Helena off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1942