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The cruiser USS Omaha and the destroyer USS Jouett sink the Nazi blockade runner Rio Grande in the South Atlantic in January 1944

432. Photograph. 'File No: OOR-44853 February 22, 1944 U. S. gunfire sinks scuttled Nazi blockade runner-- Towering...

Smoking from mortal wounds administered by planes of the USS Ranger, this Nazi merchant vessel lies dead in the water during a raid off Bodo, Norway in October 1943

431.Photograph. 'File No: ES-163-201246 February 20, 1944 Saga of the Ranger First vessel of the U. S. Navy to be...

Detected in the South Atlantic by the light cruiser USS Omaha and the destroyer USS Jouett, the German blockade runner Burgenland burst into flames on 5 January 1944

430.Photograph. 'File No: OOR-44854 February 22, 1944 Nazi blockade runner goes under waves-- Detected in the South...

This is how a German U-Boat first appeared to the eyes of Lt. Wallace LaFleur of Lafayette, Louisiana during his patrol in April 1944

429.Photograph. 'File No: 209582 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Cutting through the waters of...

The stern of the German U-boat can be seen through the white veil after the being attacked by U.S. Navy carrier-based planes in April 1944

428.Photograph. 'File No: 209589 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Another depth charge is dropped...

Astern of the geyser is the wake left by the German U-Boat as it maneuvered in vain attempt to dodge the explosives in April 1944

427. Photograph. 'File No: 209591 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! The enemy vessel is entirely...

Marines aboard an aircraft carrier in September 1944

"File Number: 243454 September 19, 1944. Reveille at dawn-- Sprawled out below the wings of Navy planes, Marines en...

A Piper Cub takes off from one of the LSTs assigned to act as "carriers" in September 1944

423. Photograph. 'File Number: 242693 Sept. 11, 1944 LSTS as 'Junior Aircraft carriers' Adding another function to its...

An LCM near an aircraft carrier with Avengers spotted on the deck in March 1945

415.Photograph. An LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] near an aircraft carrier. 'File Number: TR-12694 March 20, 1945...

Officers and men of an aircraft carrier line up for Captain's inspection at sea in September 1944

417.Photograph. 'File Number: 239250 September 5, 1944 Shipboard Review Officers and men of first-line aircraft carrier...

Crewmen on the flight deck of a Navy carrier work on planes spotted there while others collected on the elevator prepare to walk off to the hangar deck to work on planes parked there in September 1944

420.Photograph. 'File Number: TR-2440 September 12, 1944 Action on Two levels Crewmen on the flight deck of a Navy...

The warbirds of these carriers have 'neutralized' enemy planes and airfields sufficiently to allow battleships and other war craft to move close in for surface bombardments of Japanese bases in May 1944

421.Photograph. 'File No: TR-9253 May 9, 1944 'Touchdown Twins' on Navy's mighty team Steaming through the Pacific en...

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