Photos Taken in Panama Canal Zone | World War II Database

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Overhead view of a PBY Catalina on its take-off run, Panama Canal Zone, 1939.	Transport USS Henderson in the Panama Canal, 1930s	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 1940

US soldier getting water from a girl during a training exercise, Panama Canal Zone, 1942	B-18 Bolo aircraft at an airfield in Panama, Feb-Jun 1943	Many 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.	PT-354 of MTB Squadron 25 with a mount of multiple M1 Bazooka rocket launchers positioned abaft the mast, Taboga Naval Station, Panama Canal Zone, 17 Dec 1943.

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 Ranger transiting the Gatún Locks of the Panama Canal, 12 Oct 1945

USS Missouri in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 Oct 1945	USS Shangri-La in port, Panama Canal Zone, 1946; seen in the US Navy publication USS Shangri-La 1944-1945 cruise book	Captured German cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Panama Canal en route to Bikini Atoll, 1946	USS Iowa in the Pedro Miguel lock of the Panama Canal, 6 Aug 1984