Welcome to my page for pictures of the War in the Pacific
This page will have pictures of the (Men, Planes,
Ships, and Places) of WWII
Battleships
BB-32 U.S.S. WYOMING 3/4 bow view underway
(size 350KB)
BB-34 U.S.S. NEW YORK aerial oblique
underway (size 354KB)
BB-39 U.S.S. ARIZONA surface broadside
(size 341KB)
BB-41 U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI aerial of BB-41
3/4 stern view underway
BB-48 U.S.S. WEST VIRGINA aerial broadside
underway (size 349KB)
BB-57 U.S.S. SOUTH DAKOTA aerial ¾ bow
view underway, 8/9/43 (size 356KB)
Carriers
CV-2 U.S.S. LEXINGTON stbd. broadside
underway. (size 341KB)
CV-3 U.S.S. SARATOGA in the Solomon Island
1942 (size 346KB)
CV-6 U.S.S. ENTERPRISE near Espiritu Santo,
April 13,1943. (size 353KB)
CV-8 U.S.S. HORNET & PT's off Pearl
Harbor 04/30/1942 (size 359KB)
CV-10 U.S.S. YORKTOWN aerial view of CV-10
in Saipan Invasion 07/17/1944(size
352KB)
Escort Carriers
CVE-60 Crash boat gose to the rescue of a
downed PBY. The U.S.S. Guadalcanal CVE-60 in
the background June 19, 1945.
(size 356KB)
CVE-65 U.S.S. WAKE ISLAND aerial 3/4 bow
view underway Nov. 9,1944 (size 350KB)
CVE-73 U.S.S. GAMBIER BAY famous photo of
the Gambier Bay being bracketed by shells
from the Jap fleet. The 7th fleet
Carrier Escort Group fought off in the Battle Leyte Gulf. (size
344KB)
Cruisers
CA-31 U.S.S. AUGUSTA aerial broad off the
port bow (size 360KB)
CA-32 U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS aerial broadside
view underway 11/09/1943(size 358KB)
CA-33 U.S.S. PORTLAND aerial 3/4 bow
underway, 1/17/44(size 659KB)
CA-35 U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS ***(This picture was sent to me by Tom Pascoe)
CA-38 U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO underway
broadside at sea 8/11/42 (size 359KB)
CA-73 U.S.S. ST. PAUL aerial broadside
underway March 19,1945 (size 357KB)
Light
Cruisers
CL-50 U.S.S. HELENA
3/4 bow view, 1943. (size 358KB)
CL-51 U.S.S. ATLANTA surface broadside
view 11/26/41 (size 354KB)
CL-52 U.S.S. JUNEAU surface 3/4 bow view,
camouflage. (size 347KB)
CL-57 U.S.S. MONTPELIER aerial oblique
view 11/27/42(size 350KB)
Destroyers
DD-395 U.S.S. DAVIS Surface broadside
view camouflage. (size 358KB)
DD-407 U.S.S. STERETT aerial oblique
view, underway at sea, camouflage, 5/26/42. (size
352KB)
DD-433 U.S.S. GWIN
surface 3/4 bow view, underway.(size 70KB)
DD-445 U.S.S. FLETCHER aerial 3/4 bow
view 1942.(size 84KB)
DD-486 U.S.S. LANSDOWNE surface broadside
view camouflage 06/24/42(size 342KB)
DD-576 U.S.S. MURRAY A depth charge
exploding after being dropped from the USS Murray
round No. 3 Aug. 27,1942.
(size 366KB)
DD-651 U.S.S. COGSWELL coming alogside
the USS Ticonderoga CV-14 for refueling in heavy seas.
Cogwell's bow is under
water Feb. 2, 1945. (Size 354KB)
DD-685 U.S.S. PICKING Aerial broadside
view underway Dec. 2, 1943 (size
371KB)
Destroyer Escorts
DE-220 U.S.S. F.M. ROBINSON gun crew with
1.1/75 cal. gun on station(size 341KB)
PT Boats
PT's PT's & U.S.S. HORNET off Pearl
Harbor 04/30/1942 (same picture as CV-8) (size
359KB)
PT 369 heads south to
Halmahera on first combat patrol (size 369KB)
Emergency Rescue Boats
AVR Aircraft Rescue boat at high speed
(size 364KB)
AVR Stern view of three boats underway
(size 331KB)
AVR Port quarter view underway (size 367KB)
AVR Port
bow view underway (size 257KB)
( I call these boats
AVR's, but you may know them by Crash boats, Air Sea Rescue boats, Emergency
Rescue Boats, or ARB's. This is my Favorite
boat.)
Submarines
SS-287 U.S.S. BOWFIN ID photo aerial port
bow(size 359KB)
Fleet Auxiliaries
Cargo
Ships
AK-22 U.S.S. FOMALHAUT
ID photo close up 3/4 bow view(size 340KB)
Attack
Transport Ships
APA-30 U.S.S. THOMAS JEFFERSON stbd. qtr.
view 1942(size 364KB)
Oilers
AO 43 The USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 is
fueled by the USS Tappahanock AO-43 as the
USS Missouri BB-63 awaits its
turn. (size 358KB)
Troopship
Planes
Fighters
F4U F4U Corsair near Okinawa April 10, 1945
in flight side view.(size 344KB)
F6F F6F Hellcats getting ready to take off
from the flight deck of CV-10 U.S.S. YORKTOWN
02/17/45.(size
340KB)
Scout Bombers
SB2C Two SB2C's on way to attack Guam,
side view July 1944.(size 68KB)
Battles
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Wrecked USS Downes DD-375 at left
and the USS Cassin DD-372 at right, in the rear is the USS Pennsylvania BB-38
12/07/41. (size
351KB)
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal By truck and on foot, US
Marines leave Guadalcanal after months of bitter fighting.
These men were in
the first landings and were the last to leave. (size
361KB)
Guadalcanal Marines
man a field gun during the early days on the canal. (size
359KB)
Guadalcanal View of
Henderson field, Dec. 9,1942. (you can see the ridge in this picture)
(size 359KB)
Guadalcanal Japanese soldiers killed in
the battle of Tenaru River, August 21, 1942. Japanese tried
to storm marine
machine gun position.(size 192KB)
Guadalcanal Maj. Gen. Alexander
Vandergrift in his tent on Guadalcanal 1942.(size
99KB)
Tarawa
Tarawa General Holland M."Howling Mad"
Smith and Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith inspecting wrecked Jap Installations on
Betio Is., Tarawa, 02/01/44. (size 373KB)
Tarawa Aerial of Bititu island during
invasion. Alt. 200' landing force on beachhead of side of northern the island
11/22/43. (size 363KB)
Saipan
Saipan 2 marines fall on the beach on
Saipan--Jap sniper hidden in the thickets hit the two men toppling them into the
sand. 06/14/44 (size 368KB)
People
Admirals Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Vice
Admiral Halsey aboard New Jersey BB-62
12/25/44.
(size 98KB)
Patton Full length photo of Patton
beside a tank. (size 113KB)
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