File:Marines on USS Cowpens (CVL-25) 1943.jpg

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The ship's Marines of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CVL-25) line up on the flight deck for physical drill, circa mid-1943.

Planes on the flight deck include Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless and Grumman TBF-1 Avenger types. Note the "SK-1" radar antenna mounted on the stub mast between the stacks and inflatable life belts worn by many of the men on deck.
Date Summer 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564
Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-13723.
Author USN

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