Martin PBM-5 Mariner of VPB-26 aboard USS Norton Sound (AV-11) off Saipan in April 1945 (80-G-K-16079)

A U.S. Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner of Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VPB-26) aboard the seaplane tender USS Norton Sound (AV-11) in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan in April 1945. USS LST-727 is in the left background. The submarine tender USS Fulton (AS-11) is in the center and USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) is at right, with a PBM on the water beyond her stern.