On 1 February 1942, Enterprise's Task Force 8 raided Kwajalein, Wotje, and Maloelap in the Marshall Islands. In two waves, 64 airplanes attacked and for the loss of six of their number, sink only a small gunboat and damage the light cruiser Katori, the minelayer Tokiwa, and five other...
Enterprise sailed on 15 July 1942 for the South Pacific, where she joined TF 61 to support the amphibious landings in the Solomon Islands on 8 August. For the next two weeks, the carrier and her planes guarded seaborne communication lines southwest of the Solomons. On 24 August, ...
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[Photo] USS Enterprise berthed on the north side of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12 Jul 1942. Note the submarine nets, the F4F Wildcat on an aircraft barge alongside, and the camouflaged buildings on the island. | World War II Database
This photo gallery describes the history and the retirement of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise through images.
USS Enterprise CV-6, as she appeared in 1942. Port holes which were exposed before the war have been welded over, and she sports numerous anti-aircraft batteries and a CXAM-1 air-search radar installation.USS企业CV-6,出现于1942年。在战前暴露的港口孔已经被焊接,她运行了许多防空电池和CXAM-...
Now, in terms of anti-aircraft weaponry in June 1942, the Enterprise had 8 5 inch, 4 quad 1.1 inch and 30 20mm guns. The Zuikaka had 16 5 inch guns and 12 triple 25 mm guns. One way to compare the AA defense is with some simple math. Let’s take the effective rate of ...
"USS ENTERPRISE, 2307 HOURS, 2 JUNE 1942 ""Sweet Jesus,"" breathed Admiral Ray Spruance." USS Enterprise, 2 czerwca 1942, godzina 23.07 –Słodki Jezu – jęknął admirał Ray Spruance. Literature Three Navy ships have been named USS O'Bannon in his honor: USS O'Bannon (...
In May 1942, theChicagoengaged Japanese aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea and was involved in an antisubmarine operation near Sydney, Australia. The cruiser again battled Japanese planes while covering the American invasion of Guadalcanal on August 7-8, 1942. On August 9, theChicagowas...
By December 1942, the USS Saratoga CV-3 was the only capable US carrier in the Pacific. The USS Enterprise CV-6 was a lame duck that was held in the South Pacific until some relief became available. During my research, I found a little reference about a British Carrier in the South Pa...