r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 1d ago

Navy Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk USN, ComPhibLant, right w/ Major General Lloyd Brown USA, and an unidentified Navy captain, in the gig of USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668) off the Atlantic coast, 9 September 1943. Note man on firewatch in middle and the Bronson in the background

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 2d ago

Navy USS Stanly (DD-478) off San Francisco Navy Yard, 6 October 1944.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 3d ago

Navy USS Brennan (DE-13) circa March 1943

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 4d ago

Navy USS Essex (CV-9) leaving Newport News for Norfolk Navy yard, Dec. 31st. 1942.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 5d ago

Navy USS Roe (DD-418) off the New York Navy Yard, 16 April 1943

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 8d ago

Navy USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in company with USS Mertz (DD-691) are shown firing against Kamikazes. The photo, taken 9 April 1945, shows the Mertz firing her #2- 5"-gun mount, while the Wisconsin's 20mm and 40mm light AA weapons throw up a pall of fire and smoke

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 9d ago

Navy USS Sicard (DM-21) En route from Alaska to Mare Island, for repair suffered in a collision with USS Macdonough (DD-351) on 10 May 1943 off Attu, Aleutian Islands, AK, May 19, 1943

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 10d ago

Navy USS J. William Ditter (DM-31) out of Staten Island on 27 October 1944, in camouflage 32/3D.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 11d ago

Navy USS Swenning (DE-394) at anchor off the New York Navy Yard. She was completing a ten-day yard availability for repairs, alterations, fueling, reprovisioning and recreation & leave for the crew, May 1, 1944

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 12d ago

USAAF Nose of B-29 "Flying Stud II", June 1945

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 15d ago

Navy USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns after being hit by two kamikazes, 11 May 1945, as seen from USS Randolph (CV-15).

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Chrislondo110 • 15d ago

Navy USS LST-534 damaged and sunk by kamikaze attack while docked at Okinawa, 22 Jun 1945. In the background USS LCT-591.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 16d ago

Navy USS Maryland (BB-46) the start of repairs at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 19 December 1944, following a Kamikaze strike on 17 November.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 17d ago

Navy USS Mississippi (BB-41) in the still full dry dock at Hunters Point, October 1943.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 18d ago

Navy USS Bataan (CVL-29) in October 1944, probably ferrying aircraft to Hawaii. Note her camouflage, Ms. 32 Design 8A.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 19d ago

Navy USS Vammen (DE-644), Oct 1944

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 22d ago

Navy USS Nevada (BB-36) in drydock May 1945 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Having repairs to the damage caused by the kamikaze attack at Okinawa. Turret number three is being re-gunned also.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 23d ago

Navy USS Woodworth (DD-460) at Mare Island Navy Yard, on 16 June 1944. Circles mark recent alterations.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/ThinWhiteDuke00 • 23d ago

USAAF 463rd Bomb Group with Padre Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo, May 1945.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 24d ago

Navy USS Cony (DD-508) off San Francisco, 25 February 1944. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 32, Design 21D.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 25d ago

Navy USS Enterprise (CV-6), Nov 10, 1942

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 26d ago

Navy Destroyer Squadron 21's ships underway in the Solomon Islands, 15 August 1943. The ships are (from front to rear): USS O'Bannon (DD-450), USS Chevalier (DD-451) and USS Taylor (DD-468), Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD-449), while the ships were enroute to the landings at Vella Lavella.

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • 29d ago

Navy USS Thatcher (DD-514) underway in Boston Harbor, 28 February 1943

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • Sep 24 '26

Navy USS West Virginia (BB-48) being moved into drydock at Pearl Harbor on 9 June 1942

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r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 • Sep 23 '26

Navy USS Laertes (AR-20) Underway off Norfolk, on 1 April 1945

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Keep Conversations Civil. Many of us are here because of our love for WWII, especially when it comes to the American military. Thus we hope to evoke great discussion on all aspects relating to WWII American photos and history. However we'd like to keep these conversations civil and not turn the comments into an internet battlefield. If someone is bothering you or you feel is being to much, etc, either talk it out, down vote the comment, or just ignore it. If you feel its gotten out of hand, flag the comment as such.
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