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San Jacinto sliding down the building ways at Camden, New Jersey, United States after she was christened by Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, 26 Sep 1943 | San Jacinto off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 17 Jan 1944 |
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San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 1 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck | San Jacinto underway off the US east coast, 23 Jan 1944, photo 2 of 2; note SNJ training plane on flight deck |
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Aboard San Jacinto, Lieutenant Commander Albert B. Cahn gave signal to a VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger to take off for an exercise, 16 May 1944 | Carriers San Jacinto and Lexington off the Mariana Islands, 13 Jun 1944 |
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A VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger took off from San Jacinto to attack Guam, 28 Jun 1944 | US Navy Captain Harold Martin greeting VAdm John McCain, Sr. after a trap landing aboard light carrier San Jacinto, late 1944; seen on page 113 of US Navy War Photographs |
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San Jacinto rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas while en route to attack Okinawa, 6 Oct 1944; note parked TBM Avenger aircraft of VT-51 on the flight deck | Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944 |
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San Jacinto's VT-51 Avenger aircraft being armed with a Mark XIII torpedo for Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944 | USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3 |
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F6F Hellcats of Fighting Squadron VF-45 aboard Independence-class carrier USS San Jacinto off Kyushu, Japan, 18 Mar 1945. Note the open gun access panels in the fighters’ wings. | View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines. |
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Carriers Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and San Jacinto, Alameda, California, Sep 1945 | |