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80-G-66753 USS Long Island (ACV-1)

Photo #: 80-G-66753 USS Long Island (ACV-1)
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Title: USS Long Island (ACV-1)
Description: A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter, equipped with ferry tanks, on the carrier's catapult ready for launching, during flight operations on 6 March 1943. Note that the catapult runs diagonally across the flight deck. Planes parked in the background include more F4F-4s and Vought F4U-1s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-66753
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