Browse Items (151 total)
- Collection: Box: 2, Folder: 6; Box: 3, Folder: 1-5 - Photograph album B, 1940-1995, undated (circa 1940s)
[USS Langley, USS Washington, and USS Ticonderoga]
![[USS Langley, USS Washington, and USS Ticonderoga]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/62fdd38ff68fce73dbd3c9d45e762c0a.jpg "[USS Langley, USS Washington, and USS Ticonderoga]")
Photograph of the USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Washington (BB-56), and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), December 1944.Inscription on verso: "Langley -- Washington -- Ticonderoga / C22."Caption on album page: "USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Washington (BB-56), USS…
[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]
![[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0f30ba3ca7a598553ca56179ef218086.jpg "[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]")
Photograph of Paul J. Madden standing next to the damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1, 1944. Madden's head is bandaged from an injury sustained in the accident.Inscription on verso: "Paul J. Madden &…
Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound [clipping]
![Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound [clipping]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/912a535d1a322558cf58faedf9ed6347.jpg "Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound [clipping]")
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…
[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon]
![[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d65ff52392c7c35132cfff682a8bd33e.jpg "[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon]")
Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during a typhoon, USS Essex (CV-9), December 18, 1944. Caption on album page: "Plane captain securing F6F in typhoon."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…
[Ship caught in typhoon]
![[Ship caught in typhoon]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f822f735a099dcf5fa29a1a2e39fba16.jpg "[Ship caught in typhoon]")
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…
[USS Langley and battleship caught in typhoon]
![[USS Langley and battleship caught in typhoon]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d8d2c16718a20886ea5ae34b8a6ac59d.jpg "[USS Langley and battleship caught in typhoon]")
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 -…
[Destroyer partially submerged during typhoon]
![[Destroyer partially submerged during typhoon]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d5c08a38881f21bac64f8842a7d97019.jpg "[Destroyer partially submerged during typhoon]")
Photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer partially submerged during a typhoon, December 18, 1944.Caption on album page: "Destroyer in typhoon -- Dec. 18, 1944 / Three DD's were lost in this storm / Picture taken with Fairchild F-56 camera."Part of a…
[Mechanics with unidentified aircraft]
![[Mechanics with unidentified aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/bdbafb740feafc6290ac703b25ca2f87.jpg "[Mechanics with unidentified aircraft]")
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy mechanics with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "The mechanics / E17."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…
[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to USS Essex]
![[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/45aa1be2b5422dc92c80484454085143.jpg "[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to USS Essex]")
Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. One of the landing gear wheels is still in the up position.Inscription on verso: "38 / TBM landing with one wheel up / E18."Part of a…
[Damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft with shredded wing fabric]
![[Damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft with shredded wing fabric]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4e40fd4712b73a8bafb430055daf2925.jpg "[Damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft with shredded wing fabric]")
Photograph of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft with shredded wing fabric, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The caption notes that the aircraft was shredded by the concussive force of the ship's 5-inch guns.Caption on album page: "Fabric on…