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 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. Columns of smoke rising from buildings near coastline after a United States Navy aerial bombing....
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 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...
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...

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