U.S. Navy photo NH 93234 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command.
Aerial photograph of the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York (USA), taken
9 March 1944.
USS Missouri
(BB-63) is fitting out in the center. The aircraft carrier at the bottom
is (most probably)
USS Bennington
(CV-20), launched on 28 February 1944. The large ship under construction
in the upper right is
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), which was launched on
29 April 1944. An old battleship is docked to the left of the slips, maybe
USS Arkansas (BB-33).[2]
All the ships mentioned above except the Arkansas were built at Brooklyn
Navy Yard. The Missouri is where World War II ended, when Japan signed the
instrument of surrender on its deck September 2, 1945; see a huge USS
Missouri gallery at
Navsource.org.
References
- USS
Missouri (BB-63), 1944-1998, Selected Views at the Naval History and Heritage Command
(accessed 1 June 2018).
- Fichier:New
York Navy Yard, March 1944.jpg, Wikipedia France
(accessed 1 June 2018).