Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA. Official USN Photo #24-38-44, "Stern View", dated 21 April 1943.

Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA.

Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA

Enjoying Their Honolulu Visit

From left, kneeling: Jerry Kohler (Connecticut) and Eddie O'Leary. From left, top row: Blimp Parrotta (Brooklyn), Pete McLinden (Philadelphia) and Art Thibodeau (Massachusetts).

Gun Mount

From left: Perrella, O'Leary and Golden in the 1.1 gun tub aft.

O'Leary in November 1944; he and wife Anna today enjoy the Cape Cod life.

Jack Lynch, one of the many Philadelphia guys, shows off his fine beard.

Bob McGrath (now deceased) from upstate New York takes the sun on some forgotten isle.

Mickey Mickiewicz gets in some 20mm time.