Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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A-36A Mustang aircraft on a training flight near Savannah, Georgia, United States, 1942; this plane was destroyed in a landing accident 8 Jan 1943	Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) at Pier 7, Norfolk Operating Base, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Feb 1942. Note F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 3 and SBC-4 Helldiver I’s from Bombing Squadron 8.	B-17E Fortress in flight from its base at Hickam Field, Hawaii between Dec 1941 and Apr 1942. On 5 Apr 1942 this bomber crashed into Mt Keahiakahoe on Oahu while returning from a patrol killing all 11 aboard.	Bow of USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942

Close-up view of USS North Carolina's superstructure while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942; note 20mm Oerlikon cannon	Cruiser Juneau coming alongside a pier at the New York Navy Yard in Feb 1942 prior to her commissioning. Note her modified Measure 12 paint scheme.	Lieutenant Edward O'Hare in his F4F Wildcat, Spring 1942	Officers at US Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, United States, Feb 1942

Ready service boxes aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	United States Coast Guard OS2U-3 Kingfishers armed with aerial depth charges preparing for a convoy escort flight from Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Massachusetts, United States, early 1942.	USS North Carolina at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	USS North Carolina at New York, New York, United States, Feb 1942

USS North Carolina moored at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	View aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	View of USS North Carolina's fantail while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942	Cruiser Salt Lake City firing her 8-in guns on either Wotje, Marshall islands on 1 Feb 1942 or Wake Island on 24 Feb 1942; note SOC Seagull floatplane onboard

Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 5-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 2 of 2.	Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 8-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 1 of 2.	SOC aircraft flew over Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, during attack on Japanese airfields by gunfire from cruisers Salt Lake City and Northampton, 1 Feb 1942; note burning ammunition and fuel dumps	US Navy pilot Lt Wilson R. Bartlett of cruiser Chester returning from observation flight to Taroa, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942; note bomb damage in background and wingtips of his SOC Seagull aircraft