American warships firing antiaircraft guns at Japanese aircraft attacking the fleet. Black flak bursts seen in air. A Navy aircraft, with wings folded, dangling off flight deck of the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Smoke around fire fighters who have hoses spread on the deck. Flight deck filled with sailors manning hoses. Four sailors carrying injured sailor on stretcher, across the deck. Crews directing water hoses into gaping hole in flight deck where the forward elevator used to be before it was blown out of the ship by the explosion of the Kamikaze's bomb. (Note: As a result of this attack, the USS Enterprise was forced out of service for the remaining 3 months of the war.)
Japanese air attack on USS Enterprise while it was underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Bountiful (AH-9) hospital ship underway alongside USS Enterprise. Wounded sailors are transferred from USS Enterprise to USS Bountiful via breeches buoy.
U.S. warships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in flight over water, dropping practice bombs on a target sled seen in the wake of the towing warship. Clouds in the sky. Sailors on the deck of a ship. An Iowa class battleship underway, flanked by an escorting destroyer. An F6F aircraft starting its engine on the deck of an aircraft carrier. More aircraft dropping practice bombs on a towed target sled.
U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A motor launch underway. Men aboard the motor launch.
U.S. aircraft carrier recovering F6F aircraft while underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several aircraft make uneventful landings. However, one apparently radioed about a problem . As his aircraft comes to a stop, tip of the right wing appears to fall off the aircraft. It slides down over the wing flap to the deck. A firefighter in protective gear, climbs one the aircraft wing and speaks with the pilot, who is sitting, calmly , in the cockpit filling out a report. Deck crew examine the broken material and spread it out on the deck. Momentary view of torn right wing tip.
A U.S. ship in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Bunker Hill underway burns. Thick black smoke rises from the ship. A destroyer escort nearby.
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