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Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft being waved off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.Caption: "Corsair 'wave-off' -- Essex, 1945."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen pulling a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from the edge of the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Errant F4U of AG-4 being pulled from edge of flight deck. Helmuts [sic] and flash gear on men…

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. Inscription: "Avenger of AG-4 off coast of French Indo-China (Vietnam) / Jan. 12, 1945 / Polyfibre…

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Astoria (CL-90), 1945. Caption: "Jap kamakazi [sic] crashes close to U.S.S. Astoria / Battle for Okinawa."

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft carrier, circa 1945.

Photograph of the USS Borie (DD-704), circa 1945. Caption: "Destroyer U.S.S. Borie (DD-704) / Nearest of ships in distance is an anti-aircraft cruiser."

Photograph (reproduction of photomechanical print) of U.S. Navy servicemen manning battle stations on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "Essex repelling attack -- Okinawa, 1945."

Photograph of U.S. Navy ships, 1944. Caption: "Indiana Class Battleship and Independce [sic] Class Carrier / Southwest Pacific -- 1944."

Photograph of the starboard side of the USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "Looking forward on starboard side. U.S.S. Essex -- 1944."