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Cruiser USS Nashville shortly after her repairs at Espiritu Santo, Jul 1944. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float planes on her catapults and her new Measure 33, Design 21D paint scheme.	DUKWs awaiting supplies from a Victory Ship, 1944-1945	Escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay steaming off Hawaii, Jul 1944. Note the Measure 33, Design 15A dazzle paint scheme.	German and Italian prisoners of war from the Normandy campaign en route Britain on the battleship USS Texas, Jun 1944. Some are sitting due to seasickness. Note guard holding a Reising M50 submachinegun.

HMS Rodney and other warships off the coast of Normandie off Caen, France, Jun-Jul 1944	Looking aft from the signal bridge of USS Lexington (Essex-class) with 40mm Bofors mount and two 5-inch/38 mounts as F6F Hellcat approaches for a landing, Jun 1944	M4 Sherman tanks being unloaded from USCG-manned LST-67 and LST-66, Noemfoor, New Guinea, Jul 1944; note leading tank with bulldozer blade and Jeep at right	SB2C-1 Helldiver bombers returning to USS Yorktown (Essex-class; CV-10), early Jul 1944

The captain’s compartment aboard the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505, Jun 1944.	The electric motor control panel aboard the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505, Jun 1944.	The forward torpedo room aboard the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505, Jun 1944.	U-2501, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, mid-1944

USS Essex in the Pacific during the Maraina Islands operations, Jul 1944. Note F6F Hellcats, TBF Avengers, and SB2C Helldivers on the flight deck.	USS Macabi undergoing sea trials on Lake Michigan in the United States, Jul 1944	USS New Mexico transfering wounded from a destroyer off Saipan, just out of range of shore batteries, Jun 1944.	USS Ranger underway in Chesapeake Bay conducting trials following an overhaul, July 1944. Photo 1 of 4.

USS Ranger underway in Chesapeake Bay conducting trials following an overhaul, July 1944. Photo 2 of 4.	USS Ranger underway in Chesapeake Bay conducting trials following an overhaul, July 1944. Photo 3 of 4.	USS Ranger underway in Chesapeake Bay conducting trials following an overhaul, July 1944. Photo 4 of 4.	F6F-5 Hellcat fighter of US Navy pilot Ensign John G. Fraifogl caught on fire upon landing during USS Ticonderoga's shakedown cruise, Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, 1717 on 1 Jul 1944