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80-G-284859 USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

Photo #: 80-G-284859  USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
Title: USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
Description: Rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas, while en route to raid Okinawa with Task Force 58, 6 October 1944. TBM Avenger torpedo planes of Torpedo Squadron 51 are parked at right, with landing gear well-lashed to the deck. Note palisade wind-break in elevated position across the flight deck, forward of the planes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-284859
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