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19-N-28429 USS HORNET (CV-8)

USS HORNET (CV-8)
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Title: USS HORNET (CV-8)
Caption: At Pier 7, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, in February 1942. Planes visible in foreground at the forward end of the flight deck are Grumman F4F-4s (VF-8) and a Curtiss SBC-4 from either VS-8 or VB-8. Note rat guards on lines in foreground.
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Catalog #: 19-N-28429
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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