Photo #: 80-G-66753 USS Long Island (ACV-1) A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter, equipped with ferry tanks, on the carrier's catapult ready for launching, during flight operations on 6 March 1943. Note that the catapult runs diagonally across the flight deck. Planes parked in the background include more F4F-4s and Vought F4U-1s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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10 April 2001