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USS Essex on her shakedown cruise, 20 Mar 1943, with F6F aircraft in foreground and SBD in the back

Caption   USS Essex on her shakedown cruise, 20 Mar 1943, with F6F aircraft in foreground and SBD in the back ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-K-698
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F6F Hellcat   Main article  Photos  
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Essex   Main article  Photos  
40 mm Bofors   Main article  Photos  
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 28 Mar 2007

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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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