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 Navy warplanes bombing Corregidor Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy bomb exploding near a pier; craters and war-damaged buildings scatter the ground...
US Navy warplanes bombing docked Japanese luggers, Hachinohe, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Burning Japanese luggers docked in a harbor. Official caption on front: "Luggers attacked by Third...
US NAvy warplanes bombing Japanese air installations, Kyushu, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American bombs exploding at a Japanese air base. Official caption on front: "Bombing Jap air...
US Navy warship burning after Japanese kamikaze attack, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy warship burning after a Japanese kamikaze attack; sailors are looking to sky in...
US Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions during a night battle....
US Navy warship firing artillery guns off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns, as seen from deck of ship. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warship firing artillery rockets at Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery rockets, as viewed from ship deck. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warships firing artillery at Morotai Island, Maluku Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery towards coastline in support of amphibious invasion. Official...
US sailors examining the deck of the USS Birmingham off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States sailors examining the inside of a large hole in the deck of the USS Birmingham (CL-62) after...
US sailors loading 14-inch artillery shells off the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of a ship loading 14-inch artillery shells in preparation for shore...
US sailors observing a Japanese plane crashing into the ocean off the coast of Saipan, NMI, 1944
Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of an aircraft carrier celebrating the downing of a Japanese airplane....
US sailors preparing to abandon the USS Princeton, Philippine Sea, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy sailors pointing to their left on the deck of the damaged USS Princeton (CVL-23);...
US sailors rearming planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States sailors rearming dive bombers and torpedo planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Official...
US sailors walking on the tilted deck of the USS Yorktown off the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. United States sailors walking on the tilted deck of the damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5). Official caption on...
US sailors walking through the destroyed hangar deck of the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy sailors walking through the destroyed hangar deck of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) after a...
US soldiers wallk past a destroyed town in Italy circa 1944.
53.Photograph. Three US soldiers walking past a severely bomb damaged town; bombed, shelled and destroyed buildings...
US warplane bombing a Japanese tanker, Mako
Photograph, aerial. Smoke rising from a burning Japanese tanker anchored near a coastal town. Official caption on front...
US warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, as viewed from teh ship's bridge. Official...
US warship firing artillery rockets at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery rockets at a smoke-covered beach, as viewed from ship deck. Official...
US warships firing artillery rockets at Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery rockets at the coast of Peleliu. Official caption on front: "...
USAAF planes engaging Axis air convoy off the coast of Sicily, Italy
Photograph, aerial. United States Army Air Force planes engaging an Axis air convoy over open water. Official caption...
USS Bunker Hill buring off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Smoke billowing from the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); the USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is underway in the...
USS Denver firing at Parang, Mindanao Island, 1945
Photograph. USS Denver (CL-58) [center] firing artillery guns at Parang, as seen from the ship in foreground. Official...
USS Hancock's tally board
Photograph. USS Hancock's tally board painted on interior wall of ship. African American sailors stand nearby.“Text...
USS Hazelwood after kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Heavily damaged USS Hazelwood (DD-531) dead in the water after multiple kamikaze attacks. Official caption...
USS Hazelwood after kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Destroyer USS Hazelwood (DD-531) [right] after a kamikaze attack; another American warship is next the the...
USS Lindsey after two kamikaze attacks, off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Severly damaged forward hull of the USS Lindsey (DM-32). Official caption on front: "Minesweeper Lindsey...
USS Nevada firing its guns at a French coast, 1944
Photograph. USS Nevada (BB-36) firing its 14-inch guns. Official caption on front: "USS Nevada shells French coast with...
USS New Mexico firing at the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. USS New Mexico (BB-40) firing its artillery guns towards a coastline. Official caption on front: "New...
USS New York firing artillery guns at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. USS New York (BB-34) firing artillery guns at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the deck of a ship....
USS Portland firing at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. USS Portland (CA-33) firing artillery guns at Mindoro Island; seaplane wing in foreground. Official caption...
USS Suwannee (CVE-27) completely on fire off the coast of Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. Large column of smoke rising from the burning USS Suwannee (CVE-27) after a Japanese kamikaze attack....
USS William D. Porter listing next to the LCS(L)(3)-122 off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. USS William D. Porter (DD-579) [right] listing next to the USS LCS(L)(3)-122 after a kamikaze attack....
USS William D. Porter sinking off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Support landing craft LCS-122 near the sinking destroyer USS William D. Porter (DD-579) in open water....
Vapor trails in sky. Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Vapor trails in sky. Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943-45
Various crewmen and a wrecked B-25 bomber with its nose in the sand, North Africa (probably), 1942-43
Wrecked North American B-25D Mitchell bomber with its nose landing gear collapsed and its props bent. There are several...

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