A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of Escort Fighter Squadron 27 (VGF-27), nicknamed Rosenblatt's Reply, on board the escort carrier USS Suwanee (ACV-27), circa in late 1942 or early 1943.
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A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of Escort Fighter Squadron 27 (VGF-27), nicknamed Rosenblatt's Reply, on board the escort carrier USS Suwanee (ACV-27), circa in late 1942 or early 1943.
A Grumman JRF Goose amphibian is hoisted on board the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Long Island (ACV-1) from a seaplane wrecking derrick (YSD), off Palmyra Island, 19 April 1943.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27) at anchor in Kwajalein harbour, Marshall Islands, on 7 February 1944
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Brooklyn (CL-40) and the escort carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27) underway in the Atlantic Ocean with the amphibious convoy, en route to North Africa, in early November 1942.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Charger (CVE-30) and the destroyer USS Schoeder (DD-501) docked at Norfolk, Virginia (USA), circa early 1943. Note 127mm-51 gun on Charger's stern.
Grumman Avenger in the elevator of the escort carrier USS Long Island, 1942.
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The U.S. escort carrier USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighters of composite squadron VC-5 during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Casablanca (ACV-55), at right, about to be launched at Henry J. Kaiser's shipyard, Vancouver, Washington (USA), on 5 April 1943.
F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) at anchor, 16 October 1942. Note the location of the ship's main machinery smoke stacks on the side of the flight deck aft.
A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Fighting Squadron VF-17 landing on the deck of the escort carrier USS Charger (CVE-30), probably during carrier qualifications. 01/02/1943
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A U.S. Navy Ryan FR-1 Fireball from fighter squadron VF-41 landing on the escort carrier USS Bairoko (CVE-115) just before the nose gear collapsed, 13 March 1946.
A U.S. Navy General Motors FM-2 Wildcat is catapulted from the escort carrier USS Core (CVE-13) in the North Atlantic on 12 April 1944.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) loading Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from a barge, circa in 1944.
A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 72 (VF-72) from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) slides across the flight deck after landing aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
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U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Fighter Squadron 312 (VMF-312) are about to be launched from the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Hollandia (CVE-97) off Okinawa, Japan, in April 1945.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) loading planes at Naval Air Station North Island, California, circa on 14 August 1945. Note USS Ranger (CV-4) docked in the background.
A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull of Scouting Squadron 201 (VS-201) parked on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1) on 16 December 1941.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Altamaha (CVE-18) transporting U.S. Army Air Forces North American P-51 Mustang fighters off San Francisco, California (USA), on 16 July 1943.
Escort Carrier USS Barnes transporting P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes across the Pacific, July 1 1943
Maintenance on U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of composite squadron VC-22 on the light aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22), 1943.
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39) in New York harbour, following her last overhaul. In the left background is the British escort carrier HMS Biter (D97). 23 May 1942
Flight Deck Plane Handlers converge on a Grumman TBF that has just made a good qualification landing on a training escort carrier, circa Mid-1943.
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The U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS Langley (AV-3) being abandoned after receiving crippling damage from Japanese bombs, south of Java, on 27 February 1942.
