Enterprise Photographs | World War II Database

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Wildcat of VF-6 testing out machine guns aboard USS Enterprise, 10 Apr 1942	Destroyer USS Fanning maneuvers near USS Enterprise as both escort USS Hornet on the day the Doolittle Raid aircraft were launched, 18 Apr 1942. Photographed from cruiser USS Salt Lake City.	Yorktown-class aircraft carriers Hornet (near) and Enterprise (far) as seen from the cruiser USS Salt Lake City shortly after Hornet launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan, 18 Apr 1942.	SBD Dauntless dive-bomber being spotted on the flight deck of the Enterprise, Jan-May 1942. Note the groove in the outrigged sponson for the tail-wheel, thus spotting the plane while only using deck space for the front portion.

USS Enterprise at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1942	USS Enterprise gunnery crews practice with their 20mm anti-aircraft guns off Hawaii, May 1942.	View of USS Enterprise's stern while underway in the Pacific, 1942	One SBD Dauntless and five TBD-1 Devastator aircraft prepared to take off from Enterprise, South Pacific, 4 May 1942

TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Torpedo Squadron 6 landing on Enterprise, 4 May 1942	F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 6 get ready for launch from USS Enterprise, May 12 1942 while on their way toward the Battle of the Coral Sea (which was over before Enterprise could get there).	Wildcat took off from Enterprise's flight deck, 18 May 1942	Enterprise entering Pearl harbor, 26 May 1942, following the Battle of Coral Sea and shortly before the Battle of Midway.

Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard USS Enterprise to present awards, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 27 May 1942. Note capsized USS Oklahoma and sunken USS West Virginia and USS Arizona in the background.	Clarence McClusky receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross award from Admiral Chester Nimitz, onboard carrier Enterprise, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 27 May 1942; note Doris Miller in foregr	Doris Miller receiving the Navy Cross award from Admiral Chester Nimitz, onboard carrier Enterprise, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 27 May 1942; photo 1 of 2	Doris Miller receiving the Navy Cross award from Admiral Chester Nimitz, onboard carrier Enterprise, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 27 May 1942; photo 2 of 2

Enterprise and Northampton underway during Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942. Photo taken from USS Pensacola.	TBD-1 of Torpedo Squadron Six prepared to launch from Enterprise for Midway battle, 0730-0740 on 4 Jun 1942; Pensacola in right background	Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2