Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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Smith and Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 21 Sep 1936	All three of the United States’ aircraft carriers entering San Francisco Bay in column, USS Lexington (Lexington-class) is followed by USS Ranger which is followed by USS Saratoga, 12 Nov 1936.	Preston's ship data plaque, photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, circa 1937	Henley ready for launching, Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 12 Jan 1937; note Preston partially visible through the crane rails, at right

USS Ranger entering drydock at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 2 Mar 1937. This was the first occasion that a US aircraft carrier entered drydock with aircraft still aboard.	Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 2	Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 2	Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 3

Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 3	Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 3 of 3	A-17 aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, United States, 1938	A-17A aircraft of US 17th Attack Squadron at rest at Oakland Airport, California, United States, 1938

Indianapolis off San Francisco, California, United States, Golden Gate Bridge in background, circa 1938	USS Ranger at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, 14 Mar 1938. Note the bends in the stacks that allow them to swing outboard for flight operations.	Former aircraft carrier, converted into a seaplane tender, USS Langley and aircraft carrier USS Ranger at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, circa 1938.	USS Mississippi and USS New Mexico during Fleet Review, off Los Angeles, California, United States, Dec 1938

Douglas TBD Devastator of Torpedo Squadron VT-5 at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, circa 1939.	Paul Aebersold and Gladys Anslow at the 16 MeV 60-inch cyclotron at the University of California, Berkley in the United States, 1939	Wu Chien-Shiung with friend Margaret Lewis, Berkeley, California, United States, date unknown	An early, highly polished P-38 Lightning rolls out of the Lockheed hangar in Burbank, California, United States