Activities aboard USS Randolph underway in Pacific Ocean. Men with fire hose wash foam from flight deck. F6F Hellcat aircraft with damaged wing and tail, parked on deck. F6F is attached with truck for towing. Man stands on wing of F6F. Men hose flight deck. (World War II period).
Men on hangar deck of aircraft carrier receive net load of rocket mortar crates from ammunition ship underway in Pacific Ocean. Men stack crates on hangar deck. Men open crates and lift rockets.
Accident aboard USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Pacific Ocean. Fire breaks out on carrier when a returning TBM Avenger landed on flight deck of USS Hancock and one of its bombs exploded. Burning deck of USS Hancock. Men hose deck on carrier. Fire put out by firefighting crews. Wounded men on deck. Steel plates are laid over deck as emergency repairs. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Activities abroad United States aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) in Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Sailors play basketball. in a court set up on hangar deck of the ship. Captain W.G. Switzer and several crew members watch the game from guard rail at the flight deck, above. F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft of VF-81, with wings folded, are parked behind them.
Activities abroad United States Ship Wasp in the Pacific Ocean, during World War 2. Commander Joseph C. Clifton, Executive Officer of the USS Wasp, reads citation accompanying medal to be awarded to Lieutenant Commander, Cleo J. Dobson, Commanding Officer of Squadron VF-86. Captain of the Wasp, Captain W.G. Switcher, pins the medal on Dobson. (Note: Downing of the last Japanese plane of the war, has been attributed, by some sources, to Dobson.)
United States soldiers aboard a Liberty ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. Soldiers aboard the ship as they move from one deck to another. A soldier seated in a jeep mends a piece of cloth. Two soldiers seated on the top of a truck. The soldiers get on to the deck of the ship. They are seated on wooden crates aboard the ship. The soldiers relax and play a card game. The soldiers seated in a tug. An officer with headphones around his neck. The soldiers work with hammers on the deck of the ship.