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[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on USS Essex]
Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail number 71) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
[Japanese aircraft attacking USS Cabot]
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) / Okinawa operation, 1945. Essex planes in foreground."
[Servicemen working on Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working on a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 63) of VMF-213, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "F4U of VMF-213 on flight deck of Essex. 1944."
[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxiing to join other Corsairs]
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 94) taxiing to join other recently-landed Corsairs, USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "F4U fighter folding wings and taxiing forward to join other planes that have just landed. U.S.S. Essex, 1945."
[Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]
Photograph of a Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of Air Group 15, U.S. Navy, taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "Avenger (TBF) of Air Group 15 leaving flight deck of U.S.S. Essex -- 1944."
[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier]
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier, 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) and Essex-class carrier -- W. Pacific, spring 1945."
[Aircraft in flight above USS Langley and USS Ticonderoga]
Photograph of an unidentified aircraft in flight above the USS Langley (CVL-27) and USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14), December 1944. Caption: "U.S.S. Langley and U.S.S. Ticonderoga / Dec. 1944."
[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft taking off from USS Essex]
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 118) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Hellcat (F6-F) taking off -- U.S.S. Essex, 1945."
[Grumman F6F Hellcat landing on aircraft carrier]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat landing on an aircraft carrier, 1944. Other ships are visible in the background.Caption: "Hellcat (F6F) about to land on CVL (carrier converted from cruiser hull) / Southwest Pacific -- 1944."
[servicemen pulling Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from edge of flight deck]
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 maning [sic] guns indicates ship was at General Quarters. January 1945, somewhere in the South China Sea."