Photos of World War II Ships | World War II Database

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Sea Fury aircraft aboard HMS Glory, off Korea, 1951	Submarine Puffer, 1951	USS Carbonero firing a Loon missile, 1951	USS Manta at Key West, Florida, United States, circa early 1950s

Carrier Langley being reactivated at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, Jan 1951	USS Independence, damaged in atomic bomb tests, in San Francisco Bay being prepared for sinking after efforts to wash off the radioactivity were unsuccessful, Jan 1951	USS Caiman underway off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, spring 1951	Overhead view of USS Nicholas at Mare Islands Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Mar 1951. Photo 1 of 2.

Overhead view of USS Nicholas at Mare Islands Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Mar 1951. Photo 2 of 2.	HO3S-1 helicopter landing on USS Saint Paul off Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Korea, 17 Apr 1951	USS Saint Paul bombarding communist positions near Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Korea, 20 Apr 1951	USS Saint Paul off Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Korea, 20 Apr 1951

1,000-lb bombs awaiting loading onto USS Essex, Naval Air Station San Diego, California, United States, May 1951	A Kairyu-class submarine in cutaway form at Yokosuka Naval Base, being examined by Fire Controlman 2nd Class Charles L. Carroll and another American sailor, 11 May 1951	Sea Fury FB.11 fighter launching from HMS Glroy, off Korea, circa Jun 1951	Raising of the French flag aboard the ex-USS Langley upon being commissioned as the La Fayette in the French Navy, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, United States, 2 Jun 1951

F4U-4 Corsair fighters preparing to launch from USS Boxer off Korea, Jul 1951	Essex underway during her first Korean War deployment, circa Aug 1951-Mar 1952; note two F2H-2 Banshee fighters in foreground	Ford Island, Pearl Harbor shipyard, and Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii post-war, Aug 4, 1951. Note oil slick streaming from the sunken Arizona, upper left.	Recommissioning of USS Menhaden, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 7 Aug 1951