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"USS MICHAEL MONSOOR (DDG-1001) leads a formation including USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62), USS Spruance (DDG-111), USS PINCKNEY (DDG-91), and USS Kidd (DDG-100), and USS CORONADO (LCS-4) during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21.

UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages."

Photographed by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe on April 21, 2021.

US Navy Photo: 210421-N-FC670-1079

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Attacking Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan "Jill" torpedo bomber seen from USS MONTEREY (CVL-26), off Truk. Date not given, probably taken during Task Force 58.2's raid on Truk.

Date: April 30, 1944

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-366984

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USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) rolling sharply as she rides out a Pacific storm. Photographed from USS ESSEX (CV-9).

"The original photograph is dated January 13, 1945, but Morison, History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 13, captions this view as having been taken during the Great Typhoon of December 18, 1944."

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-305484

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Newsreel of the US Navy 3rd fleet leaves Hawaii for San Francisco.

Filming in early October 1945.

Clip from the British Pathé: link

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USS INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22) entering Portland Harbor at St. Johns bridge during Navy week.

Photographed on October 19, 1945.

Oregon Historical Society Library: OrgLot1284_1042_2

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USS TOPEKA (CL-67) and USS INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22) docked in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. They were there to drop off soldiers during Operation Magic Carpet.

Photographed on October 19, 1945.

Oregon Historical Society Library: OrgLot1275_B1_Christian_11-602, OrgLot1275_B1_Christian_11-600, OrgLot1275_B1_Christian_11-601

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(Front to Back) USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Enterprise (CV-6); USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) docked at the Air Station's piers, in Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, circa mid-September 1945.

Note: the Consolidated PBY Catalinas parked at the far left.

NHHC: 80-G-701512