[USS Enterprise on fire while destroyer investigates items in water]
Title
[USS Enterprise on fire while destroyer investigates items in water]
Description
Photograph of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) on fire while a destroyer investigates items in the water, May 14, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).
Inscription on verso: "May 14, 1945 / Enterprise burning / DD investigating 2 objects in water / Brovira -- Speed / [illegible] 319 PE #2."
Caption on album page: "Enterprise burning -- Destroyer checking two objects in water."
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.
Date
1945-05-14
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in
Format
Language
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2023-08-10-A_image_429