This striking dry-dock view of submarine chaser SC-726 illustrates the routine but essential maintenance work that kept America's antisubmarine fleet operational during the Second World War. Wooden-hulled SC-class vessels like this one patrolled coastal waters and escorted convoys, hunting enemy submarines with depth charges and sonar. Photographed from a dramatic low angle that emphasizes the vessel's scale, this image documents the unglamorous but vital shipyard labor behind the Navy's wartime operations in the Pacific. Project: 218349