File:USS Wasp (CV-7) deck edge elevator from below 1940.jpg

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

Original file ‎(2,107 × 1,686 pixels, file size: 634 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description A U.S. Navy Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator (BuNo 1376) from scouting squadron VS-72 pictured on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) at Quincy, Massachusetts (USA), in June 1940. The elevator consisted of a platform for the front wheels and an outrigger for the tail wheel. The two arms on the sides moved the platform in a half-circle up and down between the flight deck and the hangar deck. The elevator is raised to the flight deck level.
Date
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.2140 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing[edit]

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.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:00, 7 November 2009Thumbnail for version as of 17:00, 7 November 20092,107 × 1,686 (634 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator (BuNo 1376) from scouting squadron VS-72 pictured on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS ''Wasp'' (CV-7) at Quincy, Massachusetts (USA), in June 1940. Th

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:USS_Wasp_(CV-7)_deck_edge_elevator_from_below_1940.jpg&oldid=521249913"