File:USS Hornet (CV-8) burning during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-32813).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(2,444 × 2,076 pixels, file size: 2.45 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) burning during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. Note the destroyer alongside. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola (CA-24).
Date 26 October 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-10-26T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q2790860
Accession number
80-G-32813
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-32813

Licensing

[edit]
This image is available from the National Museum of the United States Navy under the digital ID 80-G-32813.
All information on this site is in the public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.[1]
Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:19, 27 December 2021Thumbnail for version as of 23:19, 27 December 20212,444 × 2,076 (2.45 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Hornet'' (CV-8) burning during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. Note the destroyer alongside. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS ''Pensacola'' (CA-24).}} |depicted place = |date = {{date|1942|10|26}} |photographer = |institution = {{Institution:National Museum of the United States Navy}} |accession number = 80-G-32813...