File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit by kamikaze on 14 May 1945 (80-G-323565).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 14 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the explosion six decks below.
Date Taken on 14 May 1945
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-323565 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photograped from USS Bataan (CVL-29).
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current14:17, 3 March 2017Thumbnail for version as of 14:17, 3 March 20173,108 × 2,304 (2.12 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
16:29, 25 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:29, 25 November 2007700 × 480 (155 KB)Merlin franor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Photo taken on May 14, 1945, from the USS Washington (BB-56), shows the Enterprise exploding from a bomb laden kamikaze. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 700 feet into the air from the force of the explosion s

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