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Battle of the Eastern Solomons

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Crewmen Examine Bomb Damage Crewmen aboard Enterprise CV-6 examine bomb damage, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200019 Source: US Navy Archives
Entry Hole - Second Bomb Entry hole left by the second bomb to hit Enterprise during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000055 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Crewman and Cofferdam Interior view of the cofferdam constructed to stop flooding, Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000056 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Battle Damage to 5" Gun Gallery Two men gaze at battle damaged 5" gun gallery on Enterprise CV-6, August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: barr-img-291 Source: William T. Barr
5" Gun Platform Bulkhead Enterprise's hangar deck interior seen through shattered No. 5 gun platform bulkhead. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000054 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Clearing Wreckage Bags of debris piled up in Enterprise's aft starboard boat pocket, following the Eastern Solomons. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000052 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Hangar Deck Showing Bulge Enterprise's aft hangar deck, showing bulge caused by bomb damage, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000062 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Bomb Damaged Compartment Compartment D-203-1LM, near the detonation point of the first bomb to strike CV-6, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000057 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Damage to Hull, Port Quarter Damage to Enterprise's port quarter from a near miss during Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000064 Source: Arnold W. Olson
Outer Hull Damage Cofferdam and wooden plugs used to repair hull damage inflicted at the Eastern Solomons, August 1942 Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000059 Source: Arnold W. Olson

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