My mom was a WAVE during WW2. She was trained at Hunter College and stationed at Treasure Island, San Francisco.
Don't know how to post a personal picture, but she wore a uniform like the ones worn in this picture. Without the strips because she was not an officer.
My uncle was a radioman stationed at Mare Island in SF.
Said that he was in demand when on a pass because he was tall and good looking. When the fleet was out, there weren't many men in the city, and he would "escort" women - usually to weddings.
Said that he enjoyed the companionship and the food. Also, he had to have a shipmate explain the concept of what a gay man was to him, because as a small-town boy from the backwoods of Maine, that wasn't much of an issue. :-)Apparently, that was an issue in SF even in '44-'45.
It was a different, much simpler time. :-)
I always thought those Wave uniforms were hot. They still are.