File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack and burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 (NH 97778).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionUSS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack and burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 (NH 97778).jpg | The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) seen from another U.S. ship while under attack by Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942. An intense fire is burning in her starboard after five-inch gun gallery, the result of a bomb hit that ignited ready-service ammunition. Note the anti-aircraft shell bursts over the carrier. |
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Source | Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97778 (cropped) from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
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20:56, 25 May 2006 | 600 × 458 (35 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | {{Information| |Description= Enterprise CV-6 heels over violently during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942. A fire fed by burning powder flares brightly in her Group 3 5" gun gallery (starboard-side aft), set off by a Japanese bomb that k |
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