12 Aug 1942

United States
  • In the first live-fire testing of the proximity fuze, cruiser USS Cleveland on Chesapeake Bay destroyed 2 aerial drone targets simulating torpedo attacks with just 10 rounds of 5-inch anti-aircraft shells. She quickly shot down another drone flying a mock high-altitude bombing run the next morning. ww2dbase [VT Radio Proximity | Chesapeake Bay, Maryland | DS]
18 Aug 1942

Photo(s) dated 18 Aug 1942
USS Ranger off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 18 Aug 1942. Good view of Ranger’s unique stack arrangement, 3 on each side designed to rotate to an outward horizontal position for flight operations.
30 Nov 1942

Photo(s) dated 30 Nov 1942
USS Alabama underway in Chesapeake Bay, United States, 30 Nov 1942
11 Jan 1943

United States
  • USS Alabama arrived at Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States from Casco Bay, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Alabama | Chesapeake Bay | CPC]
16 Mar 1943

Photo(s) dated 16 Mar 1943
This TBF-1 Avenger attempted to land on the carrier USS Charger but missed the arresting wires and ended up tangled in the port catwalk, Chesapeake Bay, United States, 16 Mar 1943. Note US Coast Guard boats alongside.
6 May 1943

Photo(s) dated 6 May 1943
Cruiser USS Boise passing carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States, 6 May 1943. Note Boise’s Measure 22 paint scheme and F6F-3 Hellcat fighter on Yorktown’s deck-edge elevator.
8 May 1943

Photo(s) dated 8 May 1943
USS Ancon, Chesapeake Bay, United States, 8 May 1943
13 May 1943

Photo(s) dated 13 May 1943
Close up view of the main guns in USS Iowa’s number 3 turret flanked by 20mm Oerlikons while at anchor in Chesapeake Bay, United States, 13 May 1943
26 Jul 1943

United States
12 Feb 1944

Photo(s) dated 12 Feb 1944
F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 2 being shot from the hangar deck catapult of the Fleet Carrier USS Hornet (Essex-class) during training in Chesapeake Bay, Feb 12 1944.
12 Nov 1944

Photo(s) dated 12 Nov 1944
USS Randolph in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States during her shakedown period, 12 Nov 1944. Note camouflage Measure 32 Design 17a. Photographed from escort carrier USS Charger.



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