File:Bomb damage to stern of USS Enterprise (CV-6) after Battle of Eastern Solomons 1942 (NH 83992).jpg

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English: Near-miss bomb damage to the port quarter of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), received during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942. Note degaussing cables torn from their mountings, just below the deck edge, and the dished-in hull plating at and below the waterline. Photographed in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 10 September 1942.
Depicted place Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Oahu, Hawaii (USA)
Date 10 September 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-09-10T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 83992
Source U.S. Navy photo NH 83992

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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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