USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan.

Caption     USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
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Photo Size 2,686 x 2,138 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 27 Aug 1945
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
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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