Browse Items (581 total)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer and cruiser, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen engaging in target practice on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Several parked aircraft are in the scene.Caption: "Target practice, U.S.S. Essex, 1945."

Photograph of the USS Cassin Young (DD-793), 1944. Caption: "U.S.S. Cassin Young (DD-793) / S,W. Pacific, 1944."

Photograph of the USS Langley (CVL-27) in a typhoon, December 18, 1944. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Caption: "U.S.S. Langley (CVL-27) in Typhoon -- Dec. 18, 1944."

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (tail number 128) of Air Group 4, U.S. Navy, in flight off the Vietnamese coast, January 12, 1945. Caption: "Avenger torpedo bomber of Air Group 4 off coast of French Indo China (Viet Nam) / Jan.…

Photograph of the USS Prichett (DD-561), 1944. Another ship is visible in the background.Caption: "U.S.S. Prichett -- CV in background -- 1944."

Photograph of a Japanese aircraft attacking the USS Cabot (CVL-28), circa 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9). Aircraft on the Essex's deck are visible in the foreground.Caption: "Near miss by Jap bomb astern of U.S.S. Cabot (CVL-28)…

Photograph of four U.S. Navy aircraft carriers departing Ulithi, 1944. Caption: "Two CV's and two CVL's leaving Ulithi -- 1944."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer and cruiser, circa 1944-1945. Caption: "Destroyer and Cruiser, S. W. Pacific -- 1944."

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 110) of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Hellcat (F6F) of AG-83, 1945."