Photo #: NH 97778
Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942
USS Enterprise (CV-6) seen from another U.S. ship while
under attack by Japanese dive bombers. An intense fire is burning
in her starboard after five-inch gun gallery, the result of a
bomb hit that ignited ready-service ammunition.
Note anti-aircraft shell bursts over the carrier.
The original photograph came from the illustrations package for
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's "History of United States
Naval Operations in World War II", volume V.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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