Photo # NH 106576
USS Block Island (CVE-21)
Underway in the Atlantic, off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay (36-54'N, 75-22'W, course 090) on 15 October 1943.
Parked on her flight deck are twelve TBF/TBM "Avenger" torpedo planes and nine F4F/FM "Wildcat" fighters.
Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Online Image: 115KB; 900 x 755
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