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Photograph of the USS South Dakota (BB-57), circa 1944-1945.Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph / Not to be used for publication by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics."

Photograph of a Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft (fuselage desgination 182) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail code F) taking off from the USS Essex, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy photographer on board the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC-775, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of the USS Prichett (DD-561), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of an aircraft landing on a ship, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen watching a ship under attack, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a water plume near a ship, likely caused by an exploding bomb or a crashed aircraft, circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "CV-9."

Photograph of an aircraft diving on a ship, circa 1944-1945.