
Caption | USS Hornet (Essex-class) with 24 feet of her flight deck collapsed over the bow after being damaged 5 Jun 1945 in a typhoon in the Philippine Sea. 120 knot winds and 60 foot seas caused the damage. ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 5 Jun 1945 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 1 May 2014 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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