Monthly Archives: November 2021

HMS Norfolk, a County class guided-missile destroyer 

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Corsairs and Barracudas ranged on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, off Norway, July 1944. A County class cruiser is in the background.

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USS BUNKER HILL   (CV-17)(later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9)

152KBunker Hill (CV-17) afloat immediately after launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company’s Fore River yards, Quincy, Massachusetts, 7 December 1942. Several tugs are in attendance and a Navy blimp is overhead. A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron (VB) 17 pictured after losing its tail during recovery aboard USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during operations in the Caribbean inContinue reading “USS BUNKER HILL   (CV-17)(later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9)”

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) approaching USS Wasp (CV-7) on 17 August 1942, during operations in the Solomon Islands area. Note that her port anchor is missing, probably removed as a weight-saving measure. Also note her pattern camouflage. Aaron Ward is off the south coast of Florida Island. She was the second NavyContinue reading “USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.”

4th February 1944: A US Navy Patrol Torpedo boat (ELCO 80FT) with a unique zebra stripe camouflage designed to confuse the enemy as to the vessel’s course.

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