USS Washington BB-56 and USS Enterprise CV-6 passing through the Panama Canal enroute to the East Coast after the Japanese surrender - October 1945.
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TBF Avenger landing on USS Yorktown -- across the bow, not the stern!
The Essex class carrier was steaming in reverse and achieving about 20 knots when this photo was taken in July of 1943.
Most aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were designed to recover aircraft from the bow as an emergency measure. The carriers even had a seperate set of arresting wires at the bow to enable this. Bow recoveries were practiced at times.
The Essex class carrier was steaming in reverse and achieving about 20 knots when this photo was taken in July of 1943.
Most aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were designed to recover aircraft from the bow as an emergency measure. The carriers even had a seperate set of arresting wires at the bow to enable this. Bow recoveries were practiced at times.