U.S. Navy Wave

A different angle view to the already posted photo - The USS Oklahoma floats capsized near the USS Maryland. The ships were destroyed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

USS Oklahoma Battleship

Under the shadow of Mt. Suribachi, Seabees with the 133rd NCB (Naval Construction Battalion) bury their dead; February, 1945. 

All quiet now on Iwo Jima...

Waiting for the next frequent kamikaze attack... Aircraft Carrier USS Essex; April 1945.

Near the the Japanese homeland

Grumman F6F Hellcat named “Jolly Rogers” of Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VF-14) prepares to take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

Getting ready for a mission

A Pearl Harbor Navy Yard worker looks at an unexploded 800-kg (1,750 lb) Japanese armor-piercing bomb in the compartment of the damaged US battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48).

The 800-kg armor-piercing bomb was a 355-mm projectile with an attached stabilizer; May 30, 1942.

Unexploded Japanese bomb

The American battleships USS West Virginia (BB-48) and Tennessee (BB-43) are on fire in Pearl Harbor, following the Japanese attack; December 7, 1941.

Intense smoke

The light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46) cruises along the burning row of battleships at Pearl Harbor.  To the left is a smoky plume from the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48), to the right of that battleship is the USS Arizona (BB-39) during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii; December 7, 1941. 
   The cruiser was anchored to southeast of Ford Island and escaped unscathed. Shortly after midday she was assigned to a search task force for enemy aircraft carriers, which was unsuccessful.

Passing the burning battleships

Sinking battleship USS California, (BB-44) off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, after being hit by two torpedoes and two bombs.

 It was abandoned by the crew due to a burning oil patch around the ship. On the left, the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) is seen burning in dry dock. Closer to the center, the masts of the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) are visible.

Torpedoed, sank and later raised...

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless flies over one of the US aircraft carriers, likely on anti-submarine patrol. 

Anti-submarine patrol

Ensign Jane Kendeigh (March 30, 1922-July 19, 1987), USN flight nurse, first to make wounded evacuation trip to Okinawa. Photo taken on landing strip with Marines during short layover at Okinawa; 1945. 

Among grateful Marines

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of bombing squadron VB-5 from the USS Yorktown (CV-10), attacking Japanese ships; June, 1942.

Dauntless Dive Bomber

Admiral Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, hero of naval victory at Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean; 1942. 

Fleet Admiral Nimitz

US Navy Underwater Demolition Team explodes 8000 lbs of Tetrytol to clear way for the landings on Peleliu, Palau Islands, South Pacific Ocean; September, 1944.
Tetrytol is a high explosive, comprising a mixture of tetryl and TNT.

Underwater obstacles eliminated

A lonely Navy Hospital Corspsman writes a letter home. Picture taken on Utah Beach, Normandy, France; 11 June 1944.


Far from home

An F6F Hellcat fighter takes off from the American aircraft carrier Hancock while refueling the carrier from the Taluga military tanker; 1945.

Take-off from the carrier

A U.S. Navy destroyer (in background) lays a smoke screen during a Red Alert for air attack, off the Salerno, Italy invasion beaches in September 1943. Photographed from the port side bridge wing of USS Philadelphia (CL-41). Note manned and ready 20mm and 40mm guns on Philadelphia..

Laying smoke screen

Cats were often mascots on navy ships during WWII. They kept the rodent population down and improved morale for the crew. 
taken from fb

Cat well cared for

American soldiers wounded during the Normandy landings are evacuated in an LCM landing craft; June 1944.


Taken to a hospital ship

This Wildcat has gone over the side of the USS Charger (CVE-30) on 28 March 1943 but has become entangled in the catwalk. Charger served in the Atlantic, primarily as a training carrier. The pilot can be seen climbing up the starboard side of the aircraft. Note the stenciling on his seat cushion still in the cockpit. The pilot survived with scratches only.

taken from fb/WW2 colorised/Colour by Renee.
Renee Colours

Lucky escape

British bomber Handley Page HP.52 "Hampden" simulates an attack on the American battleship "South Dakota" (BB-57) in the Atlantic. - Battleships in the background: on the right - American "Alabama" (BB-60) and the English "Duke of York" (HMS "Duke of York"). In the foreground are American anti-aircraft Navy gunners with 20-mm anti-aircraft guns Mk.2 / 3/4.

Simulated attack on ships

US Navy sailors pay their final respects for a comrade during burial at sea, while the chaplain reads the prayer.

Burial at sea

Torpedo bomber Avenger pilot from the 51st torpedo squadron (VT-51) of the USS San Jacinto escort aircraft carrier (CVL-30) Navy Lieutenant George Herbert Walker Bush (06/12/1924 - 11/30/2018), subsequently 41st U.S. President, preparing for departure; 1944.

Future President in the pilot seat

US Navy doctors examining wounded servicemen laying on  stretchers, brought aboard a ship, possibly a hospital ship; 1944.

Wounded brought on ship

The Sullivan Brothers of Waterloo Iowa.  All five perished on the USS Juneau in November of 1942 after she was torpedoed by a Japanese IJN sub.  The last brother reportedly threw himself into to ocean out of despair for his fallen kin.

The incident was one of the influences for Saving Private Ryan, and IIRC no brothers were allowed to serve in the same units as their kin thereafter.  Two destroyers were commissioned and named after them as the first Navy ships to be named after more than one person.  The Fletcher Class Destroyer (DD-537) USS Sullivans was launched in 1943 and decommissioned in 1965 and now resides not far from me at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park along with the USS Little Rock and USS Croaker respectively.  

George Thomas Sullivan, 27 (born December 14, 1914), Gunner's Mate Second Class (George had been previously discharged in May 1941 as Gunner's Mate Third Class.)
Francis Henry &quot;Frank&quot; Sullivan, 26 (born February 18, 1916), Coxswain (Frank had been previously discharged in May 1941 as Seaman First Class.)
Joseph Eugene &quot;Joe&quot; Sullivan, 24 (born August 28, 1918), Seaman Second Class
Madison Abel &quot;Matt&quot; Sullivan, 23 (born November 8, 1919), Seaman Second Class
Albert Leo &quot;Al&quot; Sullivan, 20 (born July 8, 1922), Seaman Second Class

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