Photographs from the Unknown
Firing 3 in. guns aboard USS Charger during short range battle practice. Gun crew in action.
Firing 3 in. guns aboard USS Charger during short range battle practice. Putting projectile into gun.
Crash landing of a Navy SBD dive bomber on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. Plane handling crews climb on the right wing to balance the plane and keep it from fallling over side.
Crash landing of a Navy SBD dive bomber on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. Damaged landing gear.
Details of damage to the USS Monaghan (DD-354).
Details of damage to the USS Monaghan (DD-354).
A Coast Guard cutter ploughs through a heavy sea off the coast of Greenland.
Coast Guard gun crews on Cutter man battle stations during Pacific Convoy Patrol.
Coast Guard gun crews on Cutter man battle stations during Pacific Convoy Patrol.
Coast Guard gun crews on Cutter man battle stations during Pacific Convoy Patrol.
USS Wakefield (AP-21) damaged by fire. Lens F.1. 10"; Altitude 500 ft.
USS Wakefield (AP-21) damaged by fire. Lens F.1. 10"; Altitude 50 ft.
A Gruman Wildcat Fighter's (F4F) machine guns are tested on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise while at seat to check accuracy, synchronization and efficiency. Ordnancemen and plane captains cooperate on operations.
Ships underway in Atlantic Ocean. Disposition of third section of convoy proceeding to point rendezvous off Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, on July 23, 1942. Convoy of aircraft from VS1D-5 Squadron, Norfolk, Verginia. Type of plane OS2U-3, Altitude 700 ft. Fourth Section visible in upper left corner.
Washing a Navy torpedo plane on flight deck of USS Enterprise.
Temporary spotting of planes forward of the flight deck, USS Enterprise, while other planes land. Navy torpedo planes.
Temporary spotting of places forward of the flight deck, USS Enterprise, while other planes land. After spotting, these Navy scout bombers are immediately rearmed and reserved for further use.
USS Benson (DD-421), Boston Navy Yard, June 27, 1941.
Captain Forrest P. Sherman, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of USS Wasp, in interview at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, describes loss of his carrier.
USS Sangamon (ACV-26).
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