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On the night following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the deserted Main Street of the Japanese fishing community at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, United States, 8 Dec 1941. | Lieutenant Commander Creed C. Burlingame at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the commissioning of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941. | Officers and men of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides assembled on deck for the boat’s commissioning at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941. | Freighter SS Absaroka with her decks awash after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 off the San Pedro harbor entrance, Los Angeles, California, United States, 24 Dec 1941. |
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A building in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation complex in Burbank, California, United States, 1940s | A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber being prepared for assembly at the North American Aviation plant, California, 1942 | A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation Inglewood, California plant, United States, 1942; note open dive brakes | A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background |
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B-25 bombers under construction at North American Aviation's plant in Inglewood, California, United States, 1942 | B-25C Mitchell bomber in flight over California, United States, 1942. | Coils of steel cables being unloaded at the Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, 1940s. | North American Aviation factory workers mounting an engine on a B-25 bomber, Inglewood, California, United States, 1942 |
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P-38 Lightning aircraft being built at the Lockheed factory in Burbank, California, United States, date unknown | Laffey fitting out at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 3 Jan 1942; note San Francisco's skyline in background | USS Ballard at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 5 Jan 1942; note submarines under construction, probably Wahoo and Whale | Concord off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Feb 1942 |
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Guests at the launching ceremony of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942 | Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 1 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby | Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 2 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby | Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 3 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby |