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The Wheels Struck the Water!

A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber is forced to ditch after a long-range operation, from Naval Aviation News, Aviation Training Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations and Bureau of Aeronautics,...

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BB in Port

BB in Port, All Hands Magazine, August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo.)  

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Nurse Gets Legion of Merit

Miss Ann A. Bernatitus, the only U.S. Navy nurse to escape from Bataan, becomes the first member of the U.S. Navy to receive the Legion of Merit decoration. Miss Ann A. Bernatitus was one of the group...

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Under Two Flags: The USS Stewart

UNDER TWO FLAGS: THE STEWART She served the U.S. Navy for 21 years–only to be captured by the Japanese and used against us in World War II. She started around the world in 1921–and completed the...

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5-Inch Naval Gun Turret

Cutaway drawing of the Mark 12 5″/38 caliber U.S. naval gun. (Source: Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944.)  

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Identify when Approaching Allied Ships

Note to Pilots: This could be YOU!Identify when Approaching Allied Ships! GO AHEAD! Fly over one of our ships without identifying. Test the crew’s quickness on recognition… if you want that plane...

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Life on a Raft

Answers: 1. 2, 2. 3, 3. 4, 4. 4, 5. 2, 6. 3 (Naval Aviation News, August 1, 1944.)  

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40-mm Twin Gun Assembly

40-mm Twin Gun Assembly (Source: Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944.).  

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Fire Control

Fore control notes from the September 1944 issue of C.I.C. (Combat Information Center) published by the U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. fire control notes and comments... Excerpts from...

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Destroyer Z-17 “Diether Von Roeder”

New German WWII destroyer kit in 1/350th-scale from Zvezda: No. 9043: Zvezda 1/350 German WWII Destroyer Z-17 “Diether Von Roeder”.  

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Navy Educational Services

Source: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, March 1944.  

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Battleship’s Main Battery Directors

Illustration of U.S. Navy WWII battleship’s main battery directors. Source: Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944. Main battery directors.  

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German Z-26 Destroyer

New naval kit in 1/350th-scale from Dragon Models: No. 1064: German Z-26 Destroyer. The German Zerstörer 1936A-class destroyers were referred to as Narvik class by the Allies.  

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Helldiver Debut at Rabaul

Details of the combat debut of the U.S. Navy’s Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber at the Battle of Rabaul from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, February 1944. HELLDIVERThe Navy’s New...

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