Keywords: SOC is lowered on cat of USS Minneapolis (CA-36) 1943.jpg A U S Navy Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft is lowered onto the port catapult of the heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis CA-36 after it returned from spotting gunfire during the 5 October bombardment of Wake Island Note the message capsule that has just been tossed out by the plane's observer Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g50000/g55338c htm 80-G-55338 now in the collections of the U S National Archives 1943-10-05 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy SOC Seagull floatplane USS Minneapolis CA-36 October 1943 attack on Wake Island Catapults ship |