Walking across the Flight Deck

Object NamePhotograph

Historic Owner Edward F. Dolezal

Historic Owner USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

DateMarch 18, 1945

PeriodWorld War II

Mediumphotographic paper

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Linda & Karen Dolezal. P00.2014.152.47

Object numberP00.2014.152.47

DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal, official image looking out across the flight deck of USS Intrepid at a fleet sailing in the open water. Men are at their 20mm anti-aircraft gun mounts on the gallery deck, visible just below the edge of the flight deck. A man in a helmet or hardhat is walking across the deck. There are two other carriers in the distance and other support ships around the carriers. The water is calm and the sky has light clouds. There is a white border around the image.

The back of the image has a stamp and handwritten caption, “No CV11-1500 Date 18 Mar 1945 // Unit // Made for // Subject the USS Fleet underway + ready for action // Official photograph // not to be used for publication // by order of // the Chief of the Bureau // of Aeronautics // Confidential" in black and red ink.

On View

Not on view

Collections