The Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Monterey (CVL 26) is shown at anchor in the Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands with a group of F-6F fighter aircraft on the flight deck, November 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) off the coast of New York City, January 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during the ship’s shakedown cruise in March 1943 with numerous F6F Hellcat fighters and SBD Dauntless bombers. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.)
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats and Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfires on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), April 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), circa 1942. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)
A Hawker Sea Hurricane of the Royal Navy is refueled on the flight deck of the HMS Argus (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS Independence (CVL-22), are photographed from the flight deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in January 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
