This page features all the views we have of aircraft on USS Long Island's flight deck, taken after May 1942.
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Photo #: 80-G-14548 USS Long Island (AVG-1) A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter on the catapult, ready for take-off, 17 June 1942. Several more F4F-4s are waiting their turn for launch. All planes are from squadron VGS-1. Note that Long Island's catapult runs diagonally across the flight deck, from starboard toward the port bow. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-14257 USS Long Island (AVG-1) A Curtiss SOC-3A "Seagull" scout-observation plane landing on board, 17 June 1942. Note bomb (or anti-submarine depth bomb) carried on the plane's centerline rack, and arresting gear wires on the carrier's flight deck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-12905 Brewster F2A-3 "Buffalo" fighter Rests in the flight deck gallery walkway after suffering landing gear failure while landing on board USS Long Island (AVG-1), off Palmyra Island, 25 July 1942. This plane is from Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211), the last Navy or Marine Corps unit to operate the F2A in a front-line capacity. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 590 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-12906 Brewster F2A-3 "Buffalo" fighter, of Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211) Rests in the flight deck gallery netting after suffering landing gear failure while landing on board USS Long Island (AVG-1) off Palmyra Island, 25 July 1942. Note marking "MF-5" on the plane's fuselage and very weathered paint. The carrier's SC radar antenna is visible atop her stub mast at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-66735 USS Long Island (ACV-1) A Grumman TBF-1 "Avenger" torpedo plane makes an arrested landing, probably during carrier qualifications in late 1942 or early 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-66744 USS Long Island (ACV-1) A North American SNJ-3 training plane (Bureau # 05470) preparing to take off, during pilot qualification operations off San Diego, California, 28 January 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-66753 USS Long Island (ACV-1) 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. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more views of USS Long Island, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 11 April 2001