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Photo # 80-G-14524:  Scene on USS Long Island's hangar deck, June 1942

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USS Long Island (AVG-1, later ACV-1 and CVE-1), 1941-1947 --
Miscellaneous On Board Scenes


This page features all our miscellaneous views on board USS Long Island.

For more views of USS Long Island, see:

  • USS Long Island (AVG-1, later ACV-1 and CVE-1).

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 80-G-28406

    Officers of Scouting Squadron 201 (VS-201)


    Posing on the flight deck of USS Long Island (AVG-1), 10 September 1941. The squadron Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander William D. Anderson, is seated in the center of the front row.
    VS-201 was the Navy's pioneer "composite squadron", formed in early 1941 for service on Long Island.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-28405

    Commander Donald B. Duncan, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Long Island (AVG-1)

    On his ship's flight deck, at Norfolk, Virginia, 26 October 1941.
    Note the temporary mast, with what appear to be portable rigging anchors resting on deck.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-413462

    USS Long Island (AVG-1)


    View of the ship's masthead, with "SC" radar antenna and anemometer, 13 March 1942.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 68KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-16967

    USS Long Island (AVG-1)


    View on the hangar deck, looking aft over the elevator pit, 28 March 1942.
    Three Vought SB2U scout bombers are present, embarked for carrier qualifications. Note propellers on deck, and cowling removed from the SB2U at left. The plane in center is marked "S-75".

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-14524

    USS Long Island (AVG-1)


    Crewmen spotting a Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter on the ship's hangar deck, 17 June 1942. Several other F4F-4s are present, as are Curtiss SOC-3A "Seagull" scout-observation planes. All are from squadron VGS-1.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 530 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-73394

    A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter


    Is lifted on board USS Long Island (ACV-1) from USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1), at Fila Harbor, New Hebrides, 28 August 1942.
    This plane was en route to Guadalcanal as part of the second group of U.S. Marine Corps planes to be based at Henderson Field.
    Note that the F4F's markings appear to have been taped over.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 70KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-66769

    A Grumman JRF "Goose" amphibian


    Is hoisted on board USS Long Island (ACV-1) from a seaplane wrecking derrick (YSD), off Palmyra Island, 19 April 1943.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 115KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For more views of USS Long Island, see:

  • USS Long Island (AVG-1, later ACV-1 and CVE-1).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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