Keywords: Essex underway 1943.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 underway at in May 1943 in position 37 05'N 74 15'E as photographed from a blimp from U S Navy squadron ZP-14 Among the aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 CVG-9 parked on her flight deck are 24 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers parked aft about 11 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters parked in after part of the midships area and about 18 Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo planes parked amidships Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives photo 80-G-68097 U S Naval History Center http //www chinfo navy mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv09-essex/essex1943-05 jpg; without caption see http //www navsource org/archives/02/020914 jpg 1943-05 USN caption bar removed PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex CV-9 Aerial photographs of naval ships of the United States Essex F6F-3 Hellcat |