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OS2U-2 Kingfisher of Scouting Squadron 2 on the seaplane ramp at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, Mar 20 1941. Photo 2 of 2 | USS Washington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 29 May 1941 | Ventura aircraft being built for the British Royal Air Force, Vega Aircraft Corporation plant, Burbank, California, United States, Jun 1941 | Willys MA Jeeps being readied for shipment lined up on Crissy Field, The Presidio, San Francisco, California, United States, 1941 |
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Battleship Iowa under construction, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 27 Jun 1941 | Keel laying ceremony of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 Jun 1941, photo 1 of 2 | Keel laying ceremony of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 Jun 1941, photo 2 of 2 | View of Ways 3 and 4 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1941; note hull section for future USS Wahoo at left of photo |
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Battleship Iowa under construction, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, Jul 1941 | USS Astoria's bridge and surrounding area while undergoing overhaul work at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Jul 1941; note main and secondary battery gun directors atop battle lookout platform, quadruple machine gun mounting, siren on funnel, and Measure 1 camouflage | Astoria off Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 Jul 1941, photo 1 of 2 | Astoria off Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 Jul 1941, photo 2 of 2 |
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Frank Knox observing maneuvers at New River Inlet near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, flanked by Marines, 17 Jul 1941 | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 25 Jul 1941, photo 1 of 4; note AVPs Barnegat, Biscayne, Casco, Mackinac, BB Colorado, AG Utah, AK Aroostook, and AR Prometheus | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 25 Jul 1941, photo 2 of 4; note AVPs Barnegat, Biscayne, Casco, Mackinac, BB Colorado, AG Utah, AK Aroostook, and AR Prometheus | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 25 Jul 1941, photo 3 of 4; note AVPs Barnegat, Biscayne, Casco, Mackinac, BB Colorado, AG Utah, AK Aroostook, and AR Prometheus |
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Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 25 Jul 1941, photo 4 of 4; note AVPs Barnegat, Biscayne, Casco, Mackinac, BB Colorado, AG Utah, AK Aroostook, and AR Prometheus | Gato-class submarine Silversides sliding down the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941. | The moment of christening for the Gato-class submarine Silversides and moments before her launch at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941. | The party of dignitaries gathered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the christening and launching of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941. |