![San Jacinto sliding down the building ways at Camden, New Jersey, United States after she was christened by Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, 26 Sep 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto8.jpg) | ![San Jacinto off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 17 Jan 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto2.jpg) | ![San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 1 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto3.jpg) | ![San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 2 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto4.jpg) |
San Jacinto sliding down the building ways at Camden, New Jersey, United States after she was christened by Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, 26 Sep 1943 | San Jacinto off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 17 Jan 1944 | San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 1 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck | San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 2 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck |
![Aboard San Jacinto, Lieutenant Commander Albert B. Cahn gave signal to a VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger to take off for an exercise, 16 May 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_avenger12.jpg) | ![Carriers San Jacinto and Lexington off the Mariana Islands, 13 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto5.jpg) | ![A VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger took off from San Jacinto to attack Guam, 28 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_avenger13.jpg) | ![US Navy Captain Harold Martin greeting VAdm John McCain, Sr. after a trap landing aboard light carrier San Jacinto, late 1944; seen on page 113 of US Navy War Photographs](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_mccain6.jpg) |
Aboard San Jacinto, Lieutenant Commander Albert B. Cahn gave signal to a VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger to take off for an exercise, 16 May 1944 | Carriers San Jacinto and Lexington off the Mariana Islands, 13 Jun 1944 | A VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger took off from San Jacinto to attack Guam, 28 Jun 1944 | US Navy Captain Harold Martin greeting VAdm John McCain, Sr. after a trap landing aboard light carrier San Jacinto, late 1944; seen on page 113 of US Navy War Photographs |
![San Jacinto rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas while en route to attack Okinawa, 6 Oct 1944; note parked TBM Avenger aircraft of VT-51 on the flight deck](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto6.jpg) | ![Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_sanjacinto7.jpg) | ![San Jacinto](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_avenger14.jpg) | ![USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5741383d842ed.jpg) |
San Jacinto rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas while en route to attack Okinawa, 6 Oct 1944; note parked TBM Avenger aircraft of VT-51 on the flight deck | Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944 | San Jacinto's VT-51 Avenger aircraft being armed with a Mark XIII torpedo for Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944 | USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3 |
![F6F Hellcats of Fighting Squadron VF-45 aboard Independence-class carrier USS San Jacinto off Kyushu, Japan, 18 Mar 1945. Note the open gun access panels in the fightersā wings.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55c27f134d256.jpg) | ![View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_56230bd119551.jpg) | ![Carriers Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and San Jacinto, Alameda, California, Sep 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_enterprise11.jpg) | |
F6F Hellcats of Fighting Squadron VF-45 aboard Independence-class carrier USS San Jacinto off Kyushu, Japan, 18 Mar 1945. Note the open gun access panels in the fightersā wings. | View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines. | Carriers Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and San Jacinto, Alameda, California, Sep 1945 | |