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USS VERMONT (BB-20) arriving at Mare Island Navy Yard, California.

Photographed on September 28, 1919.

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USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40), Flagship of the Pacific Fleet, passing through the Panama Canal. In the middle and upper west chamber of the Gatun locks. There are two other battleships at anchor in Gatun Lake, the background. She anchors in Gatun Lake while the other battleships make it through the other side of the canal and continue her transit the next day.

Photographed on July 25, 1919.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 75719, NH 76551

The Bréguet 670, Bréguet 670T or Bréguet-Wibault 670 was a French twin engine, all metal eighteen seat airliner with a retractable undercarriage flown in 1935. Only one was built.

USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) at anchor.

Photographed in the middle or late 1930s.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 64519

Handley Page H.P.42

British four-engine biplane airliner of the 1930's, only 8 aircraft in two variants were built, and all were lost to accidents by 1940.

Historic postcard from 1927 showing a Junkers F 13 flying over the Bauhaus building.

USS Shenandoah moored to the USS Patoka (AO-9)

USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored to USS Patoka (AO-9) off Panama during Fleet Problem XII, February 1931

"Newport News, Virginia Aerial photograph of the yard's pier area. USS West Virginia (BB-48) is fitting out in the left center. In right center is S.S. Leviathan, refitting for commercial service."

Date: February 1923

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93533

Popular Front (Paris), 1936. Fred Stein Gelatin silver print.

Matignon Agreements:** Signed in June 1936 after widespread worker strikes, these agreements granted substantial benefits to workers, including: * A 40-hour workweek. * Paid holidays. * Increased wages. * Collective bargaining rights.

Soviet "Zaamurets" armored train.

USS Enterprise (CV-6) anchored near Puerto Rico on July 23, 1938.

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Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane designed by Nakajima. The first prototype was completed in 1934, but due to engine trouble the aircraft did not see service until 1936.

HMS Nelson passing through the Panama Canal, 23 February 1931

USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) moored at a Hudson River dock in New York City during a U.S. Fleet visit, circa June 1934.

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The lovely and ill-fated HMAS Canberra shown in the 1930’s. She was a Kent/County-class heavy cruiser that met her fate when she was turned into a flaming wreck in the early morning of 9 Aug, 1942, during the Battle of Savo Island.

OA-1A San Francisco of the U.S. Army Pan American Flight