USCGC 83352 Trinidad 1943 80-G-K-429
USCGC 83352 (83′ patrol boat) running plane guard duty for USS Essex (CV-9) in the gulf of Paria, Trinidad, 20 March 1943 while the carrier was on her shakedown cruise. Note white stripe marking around boat, and call letters atop her pilothouse. Assigned to Trinidad for her entire career, she was disposed of there in November 1945. Good duty if you can get it! NARA photo 80-G-K-429.