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'A Terrible Day': 24 August 1942
Enterprise CV-6 on fire and maneuvering violently, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
Source: Arnold W. Olson

Enterprise CV-6 heels over violently during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942. A fire fed by burning powder flares brightly in her Group 3 5" gun gallery (starboard-side aft), set off by a Japanese bomb that killed 38 men.

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