Photo #: 80-G-284859 USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) Rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas, while en route to raid Okinawa with Task Force 58, 6 October 1944. TBM "Avenger" torpedo planes of Torpedo Squadron 51 are parked at right, with landing gear well-lashed to the deck. Note "palisade" wind-break in elevated position across the flight deck, forward of the planes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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26 September 2000