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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Unidentified air crew man working on airplane wing, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Unidentified air crew man working on airplane wing inside hangar at Thurleigh Airfield. Thurleigh Airfield...
Unidentified vessel sinking at sea
Photograph. Unidentified vessel sinking at sea, sailors visible jumping over sides. Pacific Islands. No date
Urban area destroyed by bombing, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Bombed Japanese city. Personal caption: "Bombed area--Tokyo." Official caption: "Released. If...
US aerial attack on a Japanese warship in Manila Bay, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Three bombs exploding in the water near a Japanese warship. Official caption on front: "Sinking a...
US Army soldiers cruising towards a a beach battle, Philippines
Photograph. Columns of smoke rising on a coastline from a United States naval bombardment, as viewed from landing craft...
US battleship firing artillery guns at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American battleship firing artillery guns at the coast of Iwo Jima. Official caption on front: "Preinvasion...
US battleships firing artillery towards Kavieng, New Ireland, 1943
Photograph. American battleships firing artillery. Official caption on front: "Battleships shell Kavieng, New Ireland....
US bomber attacking a Japanese supply ship off the coast of Wewak, New Guinea
Photograph, aerial. American bomber attacking Japanese supply ship; another bomb is exploding in the ocean in the...
US bombers attacking Japanese vessels, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. Japanese cruiser, transports, and supply ships uburning off the coast of an island. Official...
US Coast Guard guns firing at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi; United States Coast Guardsmen are stationed behind an artillery gun in...
US cruiser assisting the USS Princeton, Philippine Sea, 1944
Photograph. United States Nacy cruiser spraying the burning USS Princeton (CVL-23). Official caption on front: "...
US forces attacking Japanese ships in a harbor, Hong Kong, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American forces attacking Japanese ships. Official caption on front: "Hong Kong under attack 16...
US forces attacking Japanese ships in Rabaul Harbor, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph, aerial. American forces attacking Japanese ships in a harbor. Official caption on front: "Destruction to...
US forces bombing Japanese ships in Takao Harbor, Kaohsiung
Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising from Japanese ships after an American aerial bombing. Official caption on...
US heavy bombardment of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. American warship and landing craft bombarding Peleliu. Official caption on front: "Peleliu under heavy...
US landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline as seen from the deck of a landing craft....
US LCI (G)s launching artillery rockets at Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy LCI (G)s [Landing Craft, Infantry - Gunboat] launching artillery rockets at Mindanao...
US LST burning after kamikaze attack, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. American LST [Landing Ship, Tank] burning after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "LST...
US LVTs cruising towards Tinian, 1944
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising towards Tinian; artillery smoke is rising from the...
US Navy aerial bombing of a Japanese airbase, Mili Atoll
Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising from a Japanese airbase after a United States Navy aerial bombardment....
US Navy aerial bombing of Brooketon, Borneo, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising for two buildings near coastline after an attack by United States Navy...
US Navy aerial bombing of Miri, Borneo, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Bombed-out and destroyed buildings at a Japanese supply dump after a United States Navy aerial...
US Navy aerial bombing of Miri, Borneo, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising from buildings near coastline after a United States Navy aerial bombing....
US Navy aerial bombing of northern Borneo, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Japanese ice plant engulfed in flames from an explosion during a United States Navy aerial bombing...
US Navy aircrafts attacking Japanese installations, Saigon, 1945
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy aircrafts from the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) attacking Japanese installations....
US Navy aircrafts attacking Japanese ships in a harbor, East China Sea
Photograph, aerial. Japanese ships under attack by United States Navy carrier-based aircrafts. Official caption on...
US Navy airplanes attacking Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong, 1945
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy airplanes attacking Taikoo dockyard. Official caption on front: "Taikoo dockyard...
US Navy airplanes bombing the coast of Hong Kong, China, 1945
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy carrier-based aircrafts bombing a mountainous coast. Official caption on front...
US Navy artillery guns firing at a Japanese coast, East China Sea
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at a Japanese coast. Official caption on front: "Navy warships...
US Navy artillery guns firing at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the ship's deck. Official...
US Navy artillery guns firing at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the ship's deck....
US Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, as viewed from the bridge of a ship. Official caption...
US Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. Navy artillery guns firing at Peleliu, as viewed from the bridge of a ship. Official caption on front: "Big...
US Navy battleship covering LVTs cruising towards Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) full of United States servicemen cruising in open water as a...
US Navy battleship firing at Japanese shore positions, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy battleship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions. Official caption on front...
US Navy battleships firing at Kamaishi Iron Works, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy battleships firing artillery at the Kamaishi Iron Works plant. Official caption on front...

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