Nicholas Photographs | World War II Database

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Mail call on the fantail of the USS Nicholas, 1943. Note the barrel of No. 5 5-inch/38 gun mount at left and smoke generators between the two depth charge racks at the stern.	Portside midships of USS Nicholas during a patrol in the Solomon Island “Slot,” 14 Aug 1943. Note the depth charge launchers along the rail.	All hands passing 5-inch powder casings aboard USS Nicholas alongside an ammunition barge at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, Aug 1943.	Overhead view of the No. 1 and No. 2 5-inch/38 gun mounts on USS Nicholas at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Jan 1944.

A Japanese harbor pilot being taken aboard USS Missouri from USS Nicholas in a boatswain's chair, 27 Aug 1945	Hatsuzakura (background, with depressed guns) and USS Nicholas (foreground) off Tokyo Bay, Japan, 27 Aug 1945 prior to transfer of Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas; photo taken from USS O'Bannon	Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 1 of 2.	Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

Japanese Navy personnel preparing to be transported aboard USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945; note USS Nicholas in background	Two US Navy officers examining a Japanese officer’s sword on USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later. Note other swords on the table in the foreground.	US Navy personnel searching briefcases of Japanese Navy officers in the wardroom of USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later.	USS Missouri leading USS Iowa into Tokyo Bay, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2; note destroyer USS Nicholas in escort

USS Missouri leading USS Iowa into Tokyo Bay, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2; note USS Nicholas and USS O'Bannon in escort	Japanese delegation board USS Nicholas to cross to USS Lansdowne for transportation to the Japanese surrender ceremony on USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945	LeClerc aboard USS Nicholas en route to Japanese surrender ceremony, 2 Sep 1945	Destroyers USS O’Bannon (left) and USS Nicholas at Mare Island, Vallejo, California being prepared for their recommissioning, Feb 1951.

Commanding officers of the jointly recommissioned destroyers USS Nicholas and USS O’Bannon at Mare Island, California, 15 Feb 1951. Commander Harry Mason (left; Nicholas) and Commander Daniel Carrison (right; O’Bannon).	Joint commissioning ceremony for USS Nicholas (left) and USS O’Bannon at Mare Island, Vallejo, California, 15 Feb 1951. Note Nicholas’s No. 2 gun mount has been replaced with a hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar.	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.

45 items in this album on 3 pages.