Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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USS Helena at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 27 Jun 1942	Interior view of a barracks apartment at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942.	Launching ceremony of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Launching of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942

Mrs. Frederick Crisp christening submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942; Commander Lemuel Padget and Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell were also present	Stern view of the Tunny on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Submarine Tunny immediately after launching, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Wreckage of the Sikorsky XPBS-1 patrol bomber that was destroyed after hitting a submerged log while landing at Alameda, California, United States 30 Jun 1942 with Admiral Chester Nimitz on board.

A view of the CalShip yards from a Liberty-ship at the fitting out docks, Los Angeles, California, United States, circa 1942. Note scaffolding of the shipways at left.	American workers making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the firewall of a B-25 bomber at the North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, Jul 1942	Japanese-American women making camouflage nets for the US War Department, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, United States, 1 Jul 1942	Third grade arithmetic class with no desks or other school facilities at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 1 Jul 1942

USS Helena off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1942	View of the camouflage netting sheds at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, 1 Jul 1942. Many of the camp’s internees worked in these sheds making Camouflage netting by hand for the Army.	Submarines Sunfish, Whale, Pike, Porpoise, Argonaut, and a new destroyer escort at Mare Island Navy yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Jul 1942	Manzanar War Relocation Center, California, United States, 3 Jul 1942

Mary Uyesato, a trained medical laboratory assistant, at work in the medical center at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 3 Jul 1942.	Destroyer USS Shaw off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States after being fitted with a new bow section, 5 Jul 1942.	Porter off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 10 Jul 1942, photo 1 of 2	Porter off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 10 Jul 1942, photo 2 of 2