Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2477)
Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
Carrier warfare (425)
Dog fights (366)

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US Navy bombarding Japanese installation at Munda Point, New Georgia, 1943
Photograph, aerial. Japanese installation being bombarded from United States Navy forces. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy bombardment of Japanese coastal fortifications, Guam, 1944
Photograph. Large explosion on a coastline. Official caption on front: "Jap funeral pyre at Guam. US Navy Photo 130-17...
US Navy bombing Japanese naval facilities on Celebes Island, Indonesia, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy bombing Japanese naval facilities on Celebes Island. Official caption on front...
US Navy bombing of Roi, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy warplanes bombing a Japanese air base. Official caption on front: "Bombing of...
US Navy bombing of Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Curtiss SOC Seagull flying over Wotje Atoll. Official caption on front: "Pacific Fleet bombards...
US Navy sailors fighting a fire inside the USS Intrepid off the coast of Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy sailors fighting a fire inside the USS Intrepid (CV-11) caused by a Japanese kamikaze...
US Navy sailors manning antiaircraft guns on an aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy sailors manning antiaircraft guns on the side of an aircraft carrier. Official caption...
US Navy vessels firing at Angaur, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships and LCIs [Landing Craft, Infantry] bombarding a distant beach; dark smoke...
US Navy warplane bombing Hill 1700 west of Bamban, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warplane bombing Hill 1700. Official caption on front: "Bombing Hill 1700 west of Bamban...
US Navy warplanes attacking a Japanese railroad car ferry off the coast of Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Multiple bombs exploding in the water around a Japanese railroad car ferry. Official caption on...
US Navy warplanes attacking a Japanese tanker off the coast of Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American bomb exploding on a Japanese tanker; debris is flying above the ship; bombs are exploding...
US Navy warplanes attacking the Kure naval base, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising from the burning Kure naval base; antiaircraft flak is above the smoke....
US Navy warplanes being loaded with missiles on the deck of the USS Enterprise off the coast of the Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy sailors arming warplanes with bombs on the deck of the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Official...
US Navy warplanes bombing a Japanese battleship, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American bomb exploding on the stern of a Japanese battleship in harbor; another bomb is exploding...
US Navy warplanes bombing Corregidor Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy bomb exploding near a pier; craters and war-damaged buildings scatter the ground...
US Navy warplanes bombing docked Japanese luggers, Hachinohe, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Burning Japanese luggers docked in a harbor. Official caption on front: "Luggers attacked by Third...
US NAvy warplanes bombing Japanese air installations, Kyushu, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American bombs exploding at a Japanese air base. Official caption on front: "Bombing Jap air...
US Navy warship burning after Japanese kamikaze attack, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy warship burning after a Japanese kamikaze attack; sailors are looking to sky in...
US Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions during a night battle....
US Navy warship firing artillery guns off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns, as seen from deck of ship. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warship firing artillery rockets at Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery rockets, as viewed from ship deck. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warships firing artillery at Morotai Island, Maluku Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery towards coastline in support of amphibious invasion. Official...
US sailors examining the deck of the USS Birmingham off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States sailors examining the inside of a large hole in the deck of the USS Birmingham (CL-62) after...
US sailors loading 14-inch artillery shells off the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of a ship loading 14-inch artillery shells in preparation for shore...
US sailors observing a Japanese plane crashing into the ocean off the coast of Saipan, NMI, 1944
Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of an aircraft carrier celebrating the downing of a Japanese airplane....
US sailors preparing to abandon the USS Princeton, Philippine Sea, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy sailors pointing to their left on the deck of the damaged USS Princeton (CVL-23);...
US sailors rearming planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States sailors rearming dive bombers and torpedo planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Official...
US sailors walking on the tilted deck of the USS Yorktown off the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. United States sailors walking on the tilted deck of the damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5). Official caption on...
US sailors walking through the destroyed hangar deck of the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy sailors walking through the destroyed hangar deck of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) after a...
US soldiers wallk past a destroyed town in Italy circa 1944.
53.Photograph. Three US soldiers walking past a severely bomb damaged town; bombed, shelled and destroyed buildings...
US warplane bombing a Japanese tanker, Mako
Photograph, aerial. Smoke rising from a burning Japanese tanker anchored near a coastal town. Official caption on front...
US warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, as viewed from teh ship's bridge. Official...
US warship firing artillery rockets at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery rockets at a smoke-covered beach, as viewed from ship deck. Official...
US warships firing artillery rockets at Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery rockets at the coast of Peleliu. Official caption on front: "...
USAAF planes engaging Axis air convoy off the coast of Sicily, Italy
Photograph, aerial. United States Army Air Force planes engaging an Axis air convoy over open water. Official caption...
USS Bunker Hill buring off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Smoke billowing from the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); the USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is underway in the...

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