World War II Photographs

80-G-1021538 The burned-out, sunken wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39), photographed some days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

80-G-1026350 R-3 (SS-80). Aerial, port bow, diving.

80-G-11258 Officer at periscope in conrol room of submarine.

80-G-11280 Group picture of pilots comprising Bombing Squadron Three which transferred aboard the USS Entripise for temporary duty frmo the carrier USS Yorktown. The squadron's change of operating base was made during the Battle of Midway Islands.

80-G-11281 USS Copahee (CVL-12), Starboard quarter.

80-G-11282 USS Copahee (CVL-12), Port quarter.

80-G-11292 Sinking ship.

80-G-11293 Part of Japanese radar equipment at the airport, Gaudalcanal Island, Solomon Islands. The equipment was left intact by the retreating Japanese.

80-G-11635 Rear cockpit and .50 caliber machinegun turret of the only survivor of six Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) Grumman TBF ""Avenger"" that had attacked the Japanese carrier force in the morning of June 4, 1942. Seaman 1st Class Jay D. Manning, who was operating the .50 caliber machine gun turret, was killed in action with Japanese fighters during the attack. Damage to the turret can be seen in this view. The plane's pilot, Ensign Albert K. Earnest, and radioman, Radioman 3rd Class Harry H. Ferrier, survived the action.

80-G-11636 Damaged and partially disassembled Grumman F4F-3 ""Wildcat"" fighter on Sand Island, Midway. This plane was flown by Captain F. Carey, Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221), during the squadron's attack on incoming Japanese planes on the morning of June 4. Carey was wounded in this action. Several other planes are visible right background, including F2A-3 ""Buffalo"" fighters. The seaplane hanger, which was heavily damaged by Japanese bombs on June 4, is in the left backround.

80-G-11637 Grumman TBF-1 ""Avenger"" of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8), photographed at Midway, June 24-25, 1942, prior to shipment back to the United States for post-battle evaluation. This badly damaged plane was the only survivor of six VT-8 TBFs that had attacked the Japanese carrier force in the morning of June 4.

80-G-11916 A heavy explosion on board the USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side. This is probably the "great explosion" from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hanger. The USS Hammann (DD-412) is backing away.

80-G-12076 Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor. Group of Marines on the alert between attacks. Smoke from burning fuel tanks in background had been set afire by a dive bomber the previous day.

80-G-12147 USS Pensacola (CA-24) alongside the Sand Island pier, Midway, disembarking Marine reinforcements, June 25, 1942. Aircraft in the foreground, with damaged tail, is a TBF-1 ""Avenger"" (Bureau #00380), the only survivor of six Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) TBFs that attacked the Japanese fleet on June 4, 1942. Ship in the right distance is probably USS Ballard (AVD-10).

80-G-13040 Japanese Type 00 Carrier Fighter (""Zero"") that crashed at Fort Kamehameha, near Pearl Harbor, during the attack. This plane, which had tail code ""A1-154"" and a red band around its rear fuselage, came from the aircraft carrier Akagi.

80-G-13065 USS Yorktown (CV-5) in dry dock #1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, May 29, 1942, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of the Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway.

80-G-13106 A wave breaks over the USS Neosho's (AO-23) main deck, engulfing the hose crew, as she refuels USS Yorktown (CV-5) in early May 1942, shortly before the Battle of Coral Sea.

80-G-15432 Japanese light bomber, Mitsubishi 98, “Sonia”.

80-G-15457 Japanese Plane.

80-G-15458 Japanese Plane.

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