Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen readying a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 42) for launch, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1944 / Ready for launch / C04."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working on machinery, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex / 6 decks down / 1945 / I26."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…
Photograph of a U.S. Navy ship caught in a typhoon, December 18, 1944 Inscription on verso: "Brovira #4."Caption on album page: "Cruiser in same typhoon."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the…
Photographs (two, taped together) of ships in a harbor, Saipan, July 28, 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex spent one day here to load bombs / I18."Inscription on verso: "U.S.S. Cabana / July 28, 1944 / I19."Stamped on verso: "[crossed out: 'Tincan']…
Photograph of the USS Bataan (CVL-29) under attack, April 17, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9). Inscription on verso: "4-17-45 / Bataan CVL."Caption on album page: "Near miss on Bataan, Essex in foreground."Part of a disassembled…
Photograph of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) under attack by Japanese aircraft, March 19, 1945. A splash of water near the ship indicates a crashed kamikaze aircraft.
Inscription on verso: "3-19-45 / Bunker Hill under attack / J03."
Caption on album…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) under attack by Japanese forces, circa 1944-1945.Caption on album page: "Essex under seige [sic] -- Okinawa."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…
Photograph of the USS Langley (CV-1) and an unidentified battleship caught in a typhoon, December 18, 1944.Caption on album page: "BB and CVL in Typhoon -- CVL [crossed out: 'could be either'] Langley [crossed out: 'or San Jacinto'] / Dec. 18, 1944 -…
Photograph of the USS Prichett (DD-561), circa 1944-1945.Caption on album page: "USS Prichett (DD-561)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
Newspaper clipping, "Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound," from The Honolulu Advertiser, December 3, 1944.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War…