Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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PBY-5 Catalina patrol plane of Patrol Squadron VP-5 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Mar 1941. Note the National Insignia on the nose which at this time were only put on the sides of planes in the Neutrality Patrols	Sister Mahan-class destroyers USS Case, USS Shaw, USS Cummings, and USS Tucker nested together at Auckland, New Zealand, Mar 1941. Note cruiser USS Brooklyn coming in behind the destroyers.	Roosevelt signing the Lend-Lease bill, 11 Mar 1941	Bow view of submarine Gar, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 17 Mar 1941

Grampus during her trials, off Groton, Connecticut, United States, 26 Mar 1941, photo 1 of 2	Grampus during her trials, off Groton, Connecticut, United States, 26 Mar 1941, photo 2 of 2	Close-up view of a turret aboard North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, circa Apr 1941	Cranes hoisting floats for submarine nets at the United States Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.

Net laying ship USS Aloe alongside the Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	PBY Catalina patrol aircraft lined up on the seaplane ramp at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, circa 1941.	Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	United States Navy sailors climbing on floats for submarine nets, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941. Each float was 8 feet across, 14 feet, 8 inches long, and weighed 8,700 pounds.

United States Navy sailors constructing submarine netting from steel cables, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	United States Navy sailors gathering partially completed submarine netting made from steel cables, Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, Apr 1941.	View of main deck aboard North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, circa Apr 1941	View of the amidships section of North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, circa Apr 1941

View of the superstructure of North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, circa Apr 1941	Grayson off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, 17 Apr 1941, photo 1 of 2	Grayson off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, 17 Apr 1941, photo 2 of 2	Grayson's historical data plaque, photographed at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, 17 Apr 1941