Essex-class aircraft carriers

Captain Leslie Gehres in his Patrol Wing Four headquarters. Photo US Navy

USS Franklin Research Assistance Needed

Commodore Leslie Gehres, after being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in Alaska, before commanding the USS Franklin...
Arial photo of a line of US Essex-class carrriers moored parallel to each other in Ulithi Atoll. USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-294131

Aircraft Carrier: An RKO-Pathé Documentary

This Is America, a series of documentary shorts, released Aircraft Carrier, in April 19441Richard Meran Barsam, "This is America:" 1942-1951,...