This is the Dutch cruiser "de Ruyter," firing a salvo while on manuvers from its base at Sourabaya, on the island of Java, Netherlands East Indies. The bulk of the Dutch Navy is again in the battle for democracy, basing its operations at this strongly fortified port

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Some of the five British cargo-carrying ships built under lend-lease at a large New England yard and launched along with two destroyers and one liberty ship at a record breaking mass launching August 16, 1942

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia burning in the foreground. Smoke rolling out amidships shows where the most extensive damage occurred. Note the two men in the superstructure. The USS Tennessee is inboard

Wahre Proben, rühmlicher Tapferkeit gewiesen an den beeden See-Plätzen Dieppe und Havre de Grace Welche von der Englisch- und Holländischen Flotte unter dem Vice-Admiral Berckley Von Zeit dess 17. biss 31. Julii dieses 1694. Jahrs bombardirt, verbrand und ruiniret worden

The topsail schooner Oosterschelde, one of the ships passing by in Charleston Harbor at Tall Ships Charleston, a festival that included the parade of classic sailing ships, a wooden boat display, a "pirate camp," family boat-building, maritime art, and music. The Oosterschelde sails out of Rotterdam in the Netherlands

The freedom loving peoples of the Netherlands East Indies have long had their own armament program underway. They have been preparing to defend their islands ever since the Nipponese embarked upon their program to "unify" the Pacific area. This younger worker is mixing explosives for shells at an island munitions plant

This is the Dutch cruiser "de Ruyter," firing a salvo while on manuvers from its base at Sourabaya, on the island of Java, Netherlands East Indies. The bulk of the Dutch Navy is again in the battle for democracy, basing its operations at this strongly fortified port

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