Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
VF-9 F4F-4 lands on USS Ranger in October 1942 VF-9 F6F-3s prepare to launch from USS Essex in 1944 VF-9 squadron-members and scoreboard in 1944. VF-9 was established at NAS Norfolk on 1 March 1942 as part of the new Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) which was to be deployed aboard the new carrier USS Essex. [2]
Deemed too slow for use with the Pacific Fleet's carrier task forces against Japan, [1] she spent most of World War II in the Atlantic Ocean, where the German fleet, the Kriegsmarine, was a weaker opponent. Ranger saw combat in that theater and provided air support for Operation Torch.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
Pages in category "World War II photographs" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )
The Navy had established this special group in early 1942, shortly after the US entry into the war, to document and publicize its aviation activities and allowed Steichen to recruit the most talented photographers he could find.
14 built by Sun Ship for World War II were used as troop ships in 1944 and 1945. The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven-class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families. After the war others were ...
The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was the third of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four ships of the class were completed with angled decks, Ranger had the distinction of being the first US carrier built from the beginning as an angled-deck ship.