Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bombers from the 4th Torpedo Squadron are on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), as part of Operation Torch - the landing of US troops in Algeria. A barrage balloon provides protection above. - November 1942.

Operation Torch

Sailors on the signal bridge of a carrier.  Ship and location - unknown.

General Quarters

Battleships USS West Virginia (BB-48) - on the right and USS Tennessee (BB-43) - on the left in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese air attack; December 1941.
USS West Virginia was sunk by six torpedoes and two bombs during the attack. On 17 May 1942, she was salvaged from the seabed by draining the water from her hull.
USS Tennessee was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor but was repaired and modernized.