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USS Ranger entering the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal, 13 Jan 1939.Roosevelt and his Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, taking the salute of a composite Battalion of the 14th Infantry at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, 18 Feb 1940US soldier getting water from a girl during a training exercise, Panama Canal Zone, 1942Many of the design features of the Essex-class can be seen here as the USS Yorktown squeezes through the locks of the Panama Canal, 11 Jul 1943. Notably, the deck-edge aircraft elevator is in the raised position.
USS Ranger entering the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal, 13 Jan 1939.Roosevelt and his Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, taking the salute of a composite Battalion of the 14th Infantry at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, 18 Feb 1940US soldier getting water from a girl during a training exercise, Panama Canal Zone, 1942Many of the design features of the Essex-class can be seen here as the USS Yorktown squeezes through the locks of the Panama Canal, 11 Jul 1943. Notably, the deck-edge aircraft elevator is in the raised position.
F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943. Note the unusual National Insignia on the lower surfaces of the folded wings.A crew chief with the 51st Fighter Squadron in front of the P-38J Lightning “Rebel” at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 1944-45.USS Reuben James transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut (now known as the Culebra Cut), late Oct 1934.USS Washington and USS Enterprise transiting the Panama Canal, early Oct 1945
F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943. Note the unusual National Insignia on the lower surfaces of the folded wings.A crew chief with the 51st Fighter Squadron in front of the P-38J Lightning “Rebel” at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 1944-45.USS Reuben James transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut (now known as the Culebra Cut), late Oct 1934.USS Washington and USS Enterprise transiting the Panama Canal, early Oct 1945
USS North Carolina transiting the Panama Canal, 11 Oct 1945USS Missouri in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 Oct 1945Captured German cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Panama Canal en route to Bikini Atoll, 1946USS Iowa in the Pedro Miguel lock of the Panama Canal, 6 Aug 1984
USS North Carolina transiting the Panama Canal, 11 Oct 1945USS Missouri in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 Oct 1945Captured German cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Panama Canal en route to Bikini Atoll, 1946USS Iowa in the Pedro Miguel lock of the Panama Canal, 6 Aug 1984

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