Naval Aviation

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Smoke from large guns on board the USS New York (BB-34) after firing on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Smoke from large guns on board the USS New York (BB-34) after firing on Iwo Jima; Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun crew in...
Smoke plumes rising from aerial bombing of transportation hub in Coesfeld, Germany
Photograph, aerial. Smoke plumes rising from aerial bombing of transportation hub. Personal Caption: "Rail yards and...
Smoke rises from a failed kamikaze attack near a U.S. aircraft carrier, Okinawa Island, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Side view of U.S. aircraft carrier nearly struck by a Japanese suicide plane. Official Caption: "Rome. 7/18...
Smoke rises from the wreckage of an airplane, Sfax, Tunisia, 1943
Two plumes, one small and one large, of black smoke rising from a field. The smoke is rising from the wreckage of an...
Smoke rising from aerial bombardment of Yap, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Smoke rising from an American aerial bombardment. Official caption on front: "Navy bombers blast...
Smoke rising from damaged USS St. Louis off the coast of Leyte, Philippines, 1944
Photograph. Smoke rising from the USS St. Louis (CL-49) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "...
Smoke rising from Japanese-held Paoching, China, after bombing by the U.S. Army Air Force, 1945
Photograph. Aerial photograph of smoke rising from Japanese-held Paoching, China, after bombing by the U.S. Army Air...
Smoke rising from oil refinery in Ōtake, Japan, after U.S. bombing, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Billowing smoke rising from oil refinery in Ōtake, Japan, after U.S. bombing. Official Caption: "(...
Smoke rising from the bow of the USS Suwannee (CVE-27) off the coast of Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. Isolated fire on the deck of the USS Suwannee (CVE-27) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption...
Smoke rising from the burning USS Suwannee (CVE-27) off the shore of Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. USS Suwannee (CVE-27) burning after a Japanese kamikaze attack; a Grumman Avenger (Torpedo bomber) is...
Smoke rising from the USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942
Photograph. Smoke billowing from the damaged aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2); bi-plane or seaplane wings are...
Smoke rising from the USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942
Photograph. Large cloud of smoke rising from an explosion aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2). Official caption on front: "...
Smoke rising from the USS Wasp off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942
Photograph. Smoke rising from the burning USS Wasp (CV-7). Official caption on front: "Death of the Wasp after taking...
Smoke rising from the USS Yorktown of the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. Smoke rising from an explosion on the USS Yorktown (CV-5); antiaircraft flak in the foreground. Official...
Smoke rising from the USS Yorktown off the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. Distant view of smoke rising from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5); American warship nearby....
Smoking from mortal wounds administered by planes of the USS Ranger, this Nazi merchant vessel lies dead in the water during a raid off Bodo, Norway in October 1943
431.Photograph. 'File No: ES-163-201246 February 20, 1944 Saga of the Ranger First vessel of the U. S. Navy to be...
Smoking wreckage of a crashed bomber in Sfax, Tunisia, 1943
Grassy field with a plane, possibly a bomber, on the ground in the distance with a large plume of black smoke getting...
Soldier walks along street with loose tank treads and bombed house
Photograph. Scene of loose tank treads in the road, a soldier walking across a road and a bombed house in the...
Staging area over St. Vith, Belgium on 26 December 1944
Staging area over St. Vith, Belgium on 26 December 1944. "Staging Area St. Vith, Germany. Battle of Bulge. Mission...
Standing buildings surrounded by bomb sites, Tokyo,1945
Photograph, aerial. Standing buildings surrounded by bomb sites in downtown Tokyo. Personal caption: "Tokyo--showing...
Street with rubble and half destroyed building
Photograph. Image looking down street with rubble and half destroyed building on left. Unknown location. No date
Surfaced submarine fleet in the Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Surfaced USS Flying Fish, USS Spadefish, USS Tinosa, USS Bowfin, and the USS Skate underway. Official...
The American flag flies above the rear deck of an aircraft carrier probably in the Pacific on 23 November 1943
The American flag flies above the rear deck of an aircraft carrier with the Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger onboard and a plane...
The hospital ship USS Mercy off Okinawa in April 1945.
The hospital ship USS Mercy as seen from the USS Rutland, probably off Okinawa in April 1945. From donor's notes: "USS...
The National Ensign lends pictorial significance to this photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier in February 1944
408.Photograph. 'File No: TR-6345 February 22, 1944 The flag and it's defenders Ruffling in the wind, the National...
The Navy cruiser USS Biloxi hurls hot steel at the foe somewhere in the Pacific in April 1945
378.Photograph. 'File Number: 48716 April 6, 1945 The 'Busy Bee' buzzes at the Japs In a typical mood of rage against...
The ponderous barrels of the USS Saratoga's fives command sea and sky as she moves toward another raid on Japanese bases in the Pacific in January 1944
410.Photograph. 'File No: TF-20-205327 January 18, 1944 Planes and guns 'Floating airfields', as our aircraft carriers...
The remains of a burning airplane, 1942-45
The remains of a burning airplane; the frame is visible,the engine and propeller are in view at the right of the...
The stern of the German U-boat can be seen through the white veil after the being attacked by U.S. Navy carrier-based planes in April 1944
428.Photograph. 'File No: 209589 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Another depth charge is dropped...
The U.S.S. Arkansas lays down a tremendous barrage against Nazi installations in France with her big guns in June 1944
487.Photograph. 'File Number: 231250 June 12, 1944 USS Arkansas (BB-33) Blasts Enemy Shore Landing invaluable...
The veteran aircraft carrier USS Saratoga is seen through a break in puffy white clouds in February 1944
407.Photograph. 'File No: TR-8220 February 22, 1944 'Keyhole' view of the Saratoga Through a break in puffy white...
This is how a German U-Boat first appeared to the eyes of Lt. Wallace LaFleur of Lafayette, Louisiana during his patrol in April 1944
429.Photograph. 'File No: 209582 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Cutting through the waters of...
Three columns of smoke rising from the coastline of Leyte, Philippines, 1944
Photograph. Three columns of smoke rising from a coastline. Official caption on front: "Bombardment sets huge fires on...
Three secondary batteries of the USS Iowa are used with equal efficiency against aerial or surface targets in October 1944
285.Photograph. USS Iowa. '46349 October 26, 1944 Like a bolt of lightning, a five-inch dual purpose gun barks during...
Two Japanese women walk down the street, Japan
Photograph. Two Japanese women in western-style clothing walk through damaged neighborhood. Japan. 1945

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