Photo #: 80-G-68097 USS Essex (CV-9) Underway at 1615 hrs. during May 1943, in position 37 05'N, 74 15'E, as photographed from a blimp from squadron ZP-14. Among the aircraft parked on her flight deck are 24 SBD scout bombers (parked aft), about 11 F6F fighters (parked in after part of the midships area) and about 18 TBF/TBM torpedo planes (parked amidships). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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22 May 2000