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 NS023016 |
190k | CVL-30 was named for the Battle of the San Jacinto River, fought on April 21, 1836 the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the outnumbered Texas Army engaged and defeated Mexican forces led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes, in present-day Harris County, Texas. "The Battle of San Jacinto," painting by Henry Arthur McArdle (1895.) Prints and Photographs Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
Image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission | |
 NS023004 |
122k | San Jacinto sliding down the building ways at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. yard, Camden, New Jersey, after she was christened by Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, 26 September 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-44590). |
Scott Dyben | |
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 NS023012 |
72k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania,
on 17 January 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 7A; colors are pale gray, haze
gray and navy blue, plus white under the overhangs and recesses. (Thanks to Robert Hurst, who provided
additional info).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 43506). |
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 NS023003 |
123k | USS San Jacinto leaves the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 January 1944. The four portside masts supported radio antennas and were folded outboard during flight operations. The blistered hull was carried outboard of the straight-sided hangar (note the narrow flat deck area showing amidships). The flat hangar deck was built up above the original sheer of her cruiser hull. | USN | |
 NS023002 |
104k | Starboard bow view of USS San Jacinto at anchor, January 22, 1944. Two Avengers are spotted on the forward flight deck. An aircraft handling crane was mounted immediately forward of the island. Note that her hull number is painted a dark color (navy blue?) against the pale gray of her Ms. 33/7A camouflage. | USN | |
 NS023001 |
125k | Starboard side view (22 January 1944?). Good view of the stack layout on this class. | USN | |
 NS023005 |
100k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) underway off the U.S. east coast (position 36 55'N, 75 07'W) on 23 January 1944, with an SNJ training plane parked on her flight deck. Photographed from a Squadron ZP-14 blimp. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 7A. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-212798). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023006 |
112k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) underway off the U.S. east coast (position 36 55'N, 75 07'W) on 23 January 1944, with an SNJ training plane parked on her flight deck. Photographed from a Squadron ZP-14 blimp. Note destroyer steaming astern of the carrier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-212799). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023007 |
83k | Lieutenant Commander Albert B. Cahn gives the "Take-off" signal to a TBM-1C "Avenger" of Torpedo Squadron 51, during exercises on 16 May 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-238772). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023008 |
95k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) —right foreground— steaming in formation with USS Lexington (CV-16) and a DD-348 class destroyer, during pre-invasion operations in the Marianas area, 13 June 1944. Both carriers belonged to Task Group 58.3. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-238786). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023009 |
72k | TBM-1C "Avenger", of Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), takes off from USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) for a raid on Guam, 28 June 1944. The catapult operator is at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-238783). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023010 |
119k | Portrait montage of squadron officers of VT-51 and senior officers of its parent carrier, USS San Jacinto, circa mid-1944. The ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Harold M. Martin, is seen in the upper left. Officer second from right, second row from bottom, is George H.W. Bush, who was President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Officers seen in this view include (based on names given on photo, plus consultation with 1944 Navy and Naval Reserve Registers): Top row, left to right: Captain Harold M. Martin, ship's Commanding Officer; Commander Henry H. Hale, USN, and Lieutenant Commander Albert B. Cahn, USNR. Second row, left to right: Lieutenant Commander Donald J. Melvin, USNR, Commanding VT-51; Lieutenant Legare R. Hole, USNR; Lieutenant Martin E. Kilpatrick, USNR; Lieutenant Forrest H. Daniels, USNR; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William G. White, USNR; and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) R.G.(Richard B.?) Plaisted, USNR. Third row, left to right: Ensign Douglas H. West, USNR; Ensign Howard G. Boren, Jr., USNR; Ensign Francis M. Waters, USNR; Ensign Louis J. Grab, USNR; Ensign George H.W. Bush, USNR; and Ensign Jack O. Guy, USNR. Bottom row, left to right: Ensign Stanley P. Butchart, USNR; Ensign Milton G. Moore., USNR; Lieutenant Roland R. Houle, USNR; Ensign John J. Raquepau, USNR; Ensign Carl H. Woie, USNR; and Ensign William M. McCarter, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-265727). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023011 |
69k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas, while en route to raid Okinawa with Task Force 58, 6 October 1944. TBM Avenger torpedo planes of Torpedo Squadron 51 are parked at right, with landing gear well-lashed to the deck. Note "palisade" wind-break in elevated position across the flight deck, forward of the planes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-284859). |
Scott Dyben | |
 NS023015 |
98k | USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) rolling heavily, October 1944. |
National Archives, College Park, Maryland, via Dwayne Day | |
 NS023013 |
95k | Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944 — Arming a Torpedo
Squadron 51 (VT-51) TBM torpedo bomber on USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Probably taken before
the squadron's planes attacked the Japanese carrier force. Torpedo is a Mark 13, fitted with wooden
water-entry shrouds around its nose and tail.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-284708). |
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 NS023014 |
106k | Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944 — Pilots of Torpedo
Squadron 51 return to USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) after attacking the Japanese carrier force.
One of VT-51's TBM torpedo planes is in the background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-284707). |
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 NS020632 |
116k | Naval Air Station, Alameda, California — Four aircraft carriers docked at the Air Station's piers, circa mid-September 1945. The ships are (from front to back): USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Note PBY amphibians parked at the far left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-701512). Note that four, out of five, classes of fast Aircraft Carriers that fought in the Pacific (only the one-ship class Wasp is missing) are represented in this photograph. |
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 NS023017 |
191k | Cornelius M. Shanahan, "Mike," USMC, served aboard USS San Jacinto December 7, 1943–September 15, 1945. "Mike" is in the center of this photo, with two friends. Can you identify them? Please contact us, Mike's family would love to hear from you. |
Timothy D. Shanahan, proud son of "Mike" Shanahan | |
| ? | Ensign Carlton L. Sharp, Jr., USNR entered the service from Georgia. He was listed as "Missing In Action" on April 2, 1945. He was a member of Torpedo Squadron 45 (VT-45) aboard USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). On his last mission, he was the pilot of a TBM-3 Avenger, BuNo 68452. If you can help us locate his family, please let us know. |
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