A U.S. Navy officer poses on the deck of a small combatant vessel, likely a subchaser or patrol craft, during Pacific Theater operations in World War II. The rack of depth-charge fittings visible behind him identifies the vessel as an anti-submarine warfare ship, part of the vast fleet of small craft that screened convoys and supported amphibious operations such as the Leyte landings of 1944-45. Project: 218722