File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) hit by kamikaze on 21 May 1945 (80-G-323565).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 21 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the explosion six decks below.
Date Taken on 21 May 1945
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-323565 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photograped from USS Bataan (CVL-29).
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