
Caption | USS San Jacinto underway off Virginia, United States, 23 Jan 1944; note camouflage Measure 33 Design 7A and SNJ training plane on flight deck; photographed from a Squadron ZP-14 blimp ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-212798 | |||||||
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Photo Size | 5,688 x 4,584 pixels | |||||||
Photos on Same Day | 23 Jan 1944 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Atlantic Ocean | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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23 Jan 2021 06:36:56 PM
San Jacinto (CVL-30) was the last of the 9 light carriers of the Independence class. Commissioned December 15 1943 at Philadelphia, then a month fitting out there. She did some minor workups in Delaware Bay and then departed January 23 1944 (when this picture was taken) for Chesapeake Bay to meet her Air Group and start working flight operations. She would run her first true flight operation on January 24 in Chesapeake Bay. The SNJ was not a part of the ship's Air Group, rather on board here to give the deck crews something to start working with, and was flown off on the 24th.