Benson 3 big
Tanker Byron D. Benson on fire after being torpedoed by U-552.
Allied tanker torpedoed
Allied tanker Dixie Arrow torpedoed in Atlantic Ocean by German submarine. Ship crumbling amidship under heat of fire, settles toward bottom of ocean, 1942.
Torpedoed Japanese destroyer Harusame off Wewak on 24 January 1943
The Japanese destroyer Harusame, photographed through the periscope ot the U.S. Navy submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusa... More
SS Potrero Del Llano burns after being torpedoed
US Navy Photo 80-G-43431 - Mexican oil tanker SS Potrero Del Llano burns near Miami, Florida on May 14, 1942 after being torpedoed by German U-boat U-564
USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German guided bomb, off Salerno, 11 S...
USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German radio-controlled en:glide bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb hit the top of the ship's number three 6"/... More
USS O'Brien (DD-725) fighting fires on USS Ward (APD-16) in Ormoc Bay,...
The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Ward (APD-16) burning in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, after she was hit by a Kamikaze on 7 December 1944. The destroyer USS O'Brien (DD-725) is fighting fires fro... More
USS Smith (DD-378) burning after being hit by crashing Japanese plane ...
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Smith (DD-378) burning after she was hit by a crashing Japanese Nakajima B5N2 torpedo plane during an attack on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Sa... More
Tomahawk missile sinking USS Agerholm (DD-826) 1982
A U.S. Navy UGM-109 Tomamhawk cruise missile hits (and sinks) the target ship, the decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer USS Agerholm (DD-826), off Point Mugu, California (USA). The Tomahawk was launched from ... More
USS Longshaw (DD-559) burning 18 May 1945
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Longshaw burning on 18 May 1945. On the morning of 18 May 1945, following a four-day period of fire support, Longshaw, en route to her patrol area, ran aground on a coral reef just ... More
USS Stewart (DD-224) being sunk as target02 1946
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224) being sunk as a target off California on 24 May 1946. A ship prepares to rake her with 40 mm Bofors guns. Stewart had been captured by the Japanese damaged and sunk... More
USS George F. Elliott, burning off Guadalcanal, August 8, 1942
The U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper USS Hopkins (DMS-13) steams past the transport area between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 8 August 1942. The ship burning in the left center distance is USS George F. Elliott (AP-1... More
Sinking HMAS Canberra (D33) with US destroyers on 9 August 1942
U.S. Navy destroyers remove the crew from the sinking Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra´s port bow,... More
USS Helm (DD-388) assists USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) after she was hit ...
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Helm (DD-388) assists the light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. 92 crewmen di... More
Damaged HMAS Canberra (D33) with US destroyers on 9 August 1942
U.S. Navy destroyers remove the crew from the sinking Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra´s port bow,... More
HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942 (LC-Lot-801-1...
The Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. She was later scuttled that day. The destroyer next to her is probably USS... More
Japanese destroyer Akizuki blows up
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer Akizuki (秋月型) blows up and is burnt. This incident was Battle off Cape Engaño (エンガノ岬沖海戦) in Battle of Leyte Gulf (レイテ沖海戦).
Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki under attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr...
Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945: the Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki under attack in the East China Sea. Later, she was hit in the bows by torpedo. She managed to return to Japan by steaming backwards.
F6F-3 of VF-9 over Japanese destroyer Tachikaze in February 1944
The U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9) flies over the beached Japanese destroyer Tachikaze, during Task Force 58's strikes on the Japanese naval base at Truk, Caroline Islands, 16-1... More
Battleship row ablaze from south 1941
View of "Battleship Row" at Pearl Harbor. The capsized U.S. Navy battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is visible in the center, USS Maryland (BB-46) is visible barely visible through the smoke behind the Oklahoma. ... More
Burning ships at Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy battleships USS West Virginia (BB-48) (sunken at left) and USS Tennessee (BB-43) shrouded in smoke following the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.
USS Hancock (CV-19) burning after kamikaze hit 1945
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) burns after being hit by a kamikaze suicide plane off Okinawa, 7 April 1945. The gun barrels in the foreground belong to the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59).
Crewmen fighting fires aboard USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), on 30 October...
The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. Flight deck crewmen are moving undamaged ... More
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning after she was hit by a Kamikaze off ...
The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. Members of the Marine Detachment on board... More
USS Essex (CV-9) is hit by a Kamikaze off the Philippines on 25 Novemb...
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) is hit on the flight deck amidships by a Japanese Kamikaze, during operations off the Philippines, 25 November 1944.
USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after the first attack by Japanese dive bo...
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after the first attack by Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway. 日本語: ヨークタウン (USS Yorktown, CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after first Japanese attack at Midway 1942
Black smoke pours from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), at circa 1400 hrs on 4 June 1942, after she suffered hits from Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway.
Damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5) and Astoria (CA-34) at Midway 1942
Scene on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway, shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused ... More
USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit by kamikaze on 14 May 1945 (80-G-323565)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 14 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the ... More
USS Enterprise (CV-6) hit by kamikaze on 21 May 1945 (80-G-323565)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 21 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the ... More
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) after kamikaze hit, January 1945
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) afire after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" attack off Formosa, 21 January 1945. Photographed from USS Miami (CL-89). A Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane is on the cruiser's starboard cata... More
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) burning in Jan 1945
the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) afire after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" attack off Formosa, 21 January 1945.
USS Saratoga Kamikaze hit 21 February 1945
العربية: حاملة الطائرات يو إس إس ساراتوغا بعد تعرضها لهجوم من الكاميكازي والذي أدى أيضاً لمقتل 123 من طاقمها، 21 فبراير 1945 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) burning after five "Kamikaze" sui... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24
Smoke rises after a massive explosion in the hangar deck of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 O... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1
Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944: Smoke rises from an explosion in Princeton's hangar deck at 1005 hrs. on 24 October 1944, shortly after she was hit by a Jap... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) damaged 2
Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) off the Philippines on 24 October 1944: View of Princeton's after port side and flight deck, seen from the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62... More
USS Reno fighting fires on USS Princeton
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) stands off the starboard quarter of the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), while fighting fires on board the bombed carrier, 24 October 1944. Note Reno'... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire
The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire at about 1004 hours on 24 October 1944, soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb during operations off the Philippines. This view shows smoke r... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) after 2nd explosion
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62), at left, and a destroyer pull away from the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at ab... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) 2nd explosion
Heavy (second) explosion aft aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), with the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) alongside, 24 October 1944.
USS Princeton (CVL-23) damaged 1
Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) off the Philippines on 24 October 1944: View of Princeton's port midships area, showing her collapsed forward aircraft elevator and shattered ... More
USS Franklin (CV-13) burning, 19 March 1945, seen from USS Santa Fe (C...
USS Franklin (CV-13) burning off the Japanese coast after she was hit by air attack, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside to help with firefighting and rescue work.
USS Franklin (CV-13) burning in the distance 1945
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) burning after being hit by two bombs off Japan on 19 March 1945.
Sangamon class carrier hit off Samar 1944
U.S. Navy escort carriers pictured at sea during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The photograph was probably taken from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), which was part of Task Unit 77.4.1 (Taffy I), together with the USS San... More
USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) burns off Iwo Jima, 21 February 1945
Fires range on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) off Iwo Jima, on 21 February 1945. The ship was attacked by four aircraft. All were shot down, but the last slithered ove... More
Shoho g17026
Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.
Japanese carrier shoho attacked by torpedo planes 1942
The Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view.
Japanese carrier Shokaku under attack at Coral Sea 1942
Bombs burst near the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku as she was attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes in the morning of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle... More
Shokaku attacked in Coral sea
The Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku under attack by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Splashes from dive bombers' near misses are visible off the ship's starboard side as she makes... More
Battle Coral Sea Shokaku g17031
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku under dive bombing attacks by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Flames are visible from a bomb hit on her forecastle.
Zuikaku Cape Engano
Zuikaku under air attack during the Battle off Cape Engaño.
NH 95784 Battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944
Français : Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku under attack and smoking, though still under way, 25 October 1944. Photographed from a U.S. Navy carrier plane. Copied in 1986 from an original print (photo # 49) i... More