Commander Richmond Turner (center) with other aviators at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, United States, 1927Aerial bow view of US battleship Alabama underway, 1945; note upgraded SC-1 Seahawks float planes on her catapultsA Curtiss SC Seahawk floatplane on USS Nashville’s catapult, 1945. Note the radar pod under the right wing. Missing from the ship is the starboard aircraft catapult that was removed in the Mar 1945 refit at Puget Sound.USS Iowa with newly-equipped SC-1 Seahawk aircraft, 5 Mar 1945
Commander Richmond Turner (center) with other aviators at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, United States, 1927Aerial bow view of US battleship Alabama underway, 1945; note upgraded SC-1 Seahawks float planes on her catapultsA Curtiss SC Seahawk floatplane on USS Nashville’s catapult, 1945. Note the radar pod under the right wing. Missing from the ship is the starboard aircraft catapult that was removed in the Mar 1945 refit at Puget Sound.USS Iowa with newly-equipped SC-1 Seahawk aircraft, 5 Mar 1945
One of the AlaskaOne of the AlaskaFreshly repaired and repainted USS Nashville on a full-power test run in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 25 Mar 1945. Note the signal flag indicating there is a harbor pilot on board.USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2
One of the Alaska's Curtiss SC-1 floatplanes taxiing up to the landing mat streamed alongside, to be picked up by the aircraft crane, off Iwo Jima, 6 Mar 1945One of the Alaska's Curtiss SC-1 floatplanes waited for pickup by the ship's crane, off Iwo Jima, 6 Mar 1945Freshly repaired and repainted USS Nashville on a full-power test run in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 25 Mar 1945. Note the signal flag indicating there is a harbor pilot on board.USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2
Battleship USS Iowa on display in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 24 May 1947. Note San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in the background.
Battleship USS Iowa on display in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 24 May 1947. Note San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in the background.
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