Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

9,500 items in this album on 475 pages.


Vice Admiral Clarence E. Ekstrom and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke aboard cruiser Des Moines in the Mediterranean Sea, May 1959	Rear Admiral William F. Rayborn and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke examing a cutaway model of submarine USS George Washington, Jul 1959	USS Saint Paul off Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1 Jul 1959	Burke at the launching ceremony of cruiser Long Beach at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 15 Jul 1959

Secretary of the US Navy William B. Franke congratulating Admiral Arleigh A. Burke on his third term as Chief of Naval Operations, Aug 1959	Harry Truman (piano) and Jack Benny (violin) playing music together, 3 Sep 1959	The Ewa Plain on the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii with Barbers Point Naval Air Station on the left and the former Ewa Marine Corps Air Station on the right, Nov 20, 1959	US President Dwight Eisenhower aboard USS Des Moines at Athens, Greece, 15 Dec 1959

Admiral Burke addressing the crew of destroyer Walker, in the Mediterranean Sea, 1960	Admiral Burke meeting junior officers of cruiser Los Angeles, circa 1951-1966	F4D-1 Skyray fighter approaching USS Essex in the Mediterranean Sea, 1959-1960, seen in US Navy Naval Aviation News Sep 1960	Submachine guns captured by US troops from the North Vietnamese Army, 1960; top to bottom: Soviet PPS-43, German MP 40, Vietnamese K-50M (license-built Soviet PPSh-41)

USS Cero at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 1960s	USS Hancock after her SCB-125 overhaul, date unknown	USS Rock underway, circa 1960s, photo 1 of 2	USS Rock underway, circa 1960s, photo 2 of 2

Douglas F4D-1 Skyray fighters lying over USS Essex in the Mediterranean Sea, 9 Jan 1960	Essex taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 Jan 1960; note S2F aircraft at rear of flight deck with engine turning, and AD and F4D aircraft at rest	The former PT-796, a 78-foot Higgins boat, painted as PT-109, an 80-foot Elco boat, passing the reviewing stand in President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1960.	General Lemnitzer, Admiral Burke, General Twining, General White, and General Shoup in meeting with other US military leaders at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 10 Feb 1960