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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 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]
Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of the United States" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
From January to March 1942 VF-72 was deployed on USS Ranger in the Atlantic Fleet. [3] In April 1942, VF-72 was based ashore at Naval Station Norfolk and then transferred to the USS Wasp. [4] In early June 1942, VF-72 had reequipped with the F4F-4 at NAS Alameda and from mid-June through July was shore-based at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. [5]
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. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
Operating out of San Diego under the Commander, Fleet Air, Alameda, California, Ranger continued training air groups and squadrons along the California coast throughout the remainder of the war. [2] Ranger was the only pre-war U.S. carrier never to have engaged Japanese forces in battle.
Fighting Squadron 42 or VF-42 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.Originally established as Scouting Squadron 1B (VS-1B) in May 1928, it was redesignated as VS-1S in 1930, redesignated as VS-1B in 1931, redesignated as VS-41 on 1 July 1937, redesignated as VF-42 on 15 March 1941 and disestablished on 22 June 1942.
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 )
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.