USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

Men and officers crowd around one of Washington's 16" turrets, as the battleship and Enterprise CV-6 pass through the Panama Canal, 11 October 1945. Photograph by Thomas Whitton. Washington earned 13 battle stars during the war, and played a decisive role in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13-15 November 1942.