Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS English (DD-696) alongside Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). U.S. Navy Admiral Marc Mitscher is transferred from a ship to USS Enterprise (CV-6) via a breeches buoy. Admiral Mitscher and his staff are transferred and greeted on the deck of USS Enterprise by officers (Mitscher came following Japanese kamikaze attack on the USS Bunker Hill which had been under his command.)
Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Sailors clear rubble from a flooded compartment of USS Enterprise (CV-6) Aircraft Carrier after it was attacked by a Japanese Kamikaze suicide aircraft. Corpsmen carry casualty on a stretcher on the flight deck. Buckled deck planking. Damaged caused by Kamikaze aircraft strike in the vicinity of number one elevator. Crewmen remove debris. A damaged United States Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft on its nose. Another damaged aircraft is pushed.
Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Crewmen throw bombs in ocean from USS Enterprise (CV-6) after it was attacked by a Japanese suicide kamikaze aircraft. Debris on the deck. Ships in the far background and explosions in sky and water are seen in the distance as battle against Japanese aircraft continues.
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. An aircraft lands on the ship. A damaged U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft is pulled by a trolley. Crewmen gathered around the aircraft. 'Snafu' written on the aircraft. A man inspects the aircraft. Men working on the aircraft.
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.
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