On this day (Jan 11) in 1944 torpedo bombing aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE 21) made the first aircraft rocket attack on German submarine, U-758. The Block Island was later sunk by U-549 on May 29, 1944. [1280x1039]
Roll with it, Baby! USS Block Island (CVE-21) in North Atlantic seas 1952 [1024 x 818]
USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) on trials, circa March 1943 [3600 x 2879]
Planes taking off of the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) in Marshall Islands Campaign. In this F6F-3 Hellcat, Lieutenant Miner, pilot, clears the flight deck, and was the fifth plane to be launched. Note the F4U Corsairs with folded wings in the foreground. Date is given as February 21 1944.
[Warship] USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) on trials, circa March 1943
An Avenger flies over wires and skips barriers, crashing into the island during carrier qualifications aboard USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), 21 August 1945.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Long Island (CVE-1) photographed on 10 June 1944 by a plane from Naval Air Station, Alameda, California (USA). She has 21 Grumman F6F fighters, 20 Douglas SBD scout bombers and two Grumman J2F utility planes parked on her flight deck.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Long Island (CVE-1) photographed on 10 June 1944. She has 21 Grumman F6F fighters, 20 Douglas SBD scout bombers and two Grumman J2F utility planes parked on her flight deck.[5302 x 3916]
A Grumman TBM-1C (Bu# 73282) from the USS Anzio (CVE-57) spins into the water after leaving the catapult, 21 December 1944. Further info in comments
A rocket attack on the German Type VIIC Submarine U-758 by TBF Avengers from USS Block Island northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944. Two rockets hitting just astern of the U-Boat. U-758 was damaged but not sunk.
A unit of the future Virginia Block IV class USS Iowa (SSN-797) prepared for transport to General Dynamics Electric Boat in Rhode Island for further construction, November 2019. Photo by Ashley Cowan, courtesy of nns.huntingtoningalls.com
A rocket attack on the German Type VIIC Submarine U-758 by TBF Avengers from USS Block Island northeast of the Azores, 11 Jan 1944. Note two rockets hitting just astern of the U-Boat. U-758 was damaged but not sunk.
USS Block Island during operations off Okinawa - 5 June 1945
Large explosion on board the USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) after she was hit by a Kamikaze during the night of 21-22 February 1945, while she was taking part in the Iwo Jima operation. She sank as a result of her damage.
U-758 under rocket attack from TBF Avengers from USS Block Island, the submarine would be damaged but not sunk in the attack, Northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944
U-758 under rocket attack from TBF Avengers from USS Block Island, the submarine would be damaged but not sunk in the attack, Northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944 [4434x5696]
F6F-5N Hellcat #92 ''Butch'' of VMF(N)-511 on board the Commncement Bay-class escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106), near Okinawa, May 19, 1945.
U-758 under rocket attack from TBF Avengers from USS Block Island, the submarine would be damaged but not sunk in the attack, Northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944
A marine ordnance man works on the .50 cal machine guns of a Vought F4U Corsair, on one of the USS Block Island's (CVE-106) elevators, 5 June 1945.
U-758 under rocket attack from TBF Avengers from USS Block Island, the submarine would be damaged but not sunk in the attack, Northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat is launched from the deck of the escort carrier USS Block Island off Okinawa on 10 May 1945. Note white painted radome.
U-758 under rocket attack from TBF Avengers from USS Block Island, the submarine would be damaged but not sunk in the attack, Northeast of the Azores, 11 January 1944
A rocket attack on the German Type VIIC Submarine U-758 by TBF Avengers from USS Block Island northeast of the Azores, 11 Jan 1944. Note two rockets hitting just astern of the U-Boat. U-758 was damaged but not sunk.
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) exploding after taking two kamikaze hits, 2/21/1945 [731 x 583]
An ordnance man works on the .50 cal machine guns of a Vought F4U “Corsair”, on one of the USS Block Island's elevators. June 5, 1945, during operations off Okinawa.
MCVG-1 Marines from USS Block Island (CVE 106) inspect a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67“Peggy” on Matsuyama airfield. Photographed by Goerg, September 5, 1945
Carrier Division 27 successfully weathering China Sea Typhoon. Taken by USS Salerno Bay (CVE 110). Ships shown are: USS Block Island (CVE 106); USS Gilbert Island (CVE 107); USS Siboney (CVE 112) and USS Salerno Bay (CVE 110). October 1945. [2732 x 2260]
Carrier Division 27 successfully weathering China Sea Typhoon. Taken by USS Salerno Bay (CVE 110). Ships shown are: USS Block Island (CVE 106) and USS Gilbert Island (CVE 107). Photographed October 1945
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) refueling at sea from the fleet oiler USS Platte (AO-24) during the raid on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Dec 1943 [4260x3272]
Japanese Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara signing the surrender of Wake Island to U.S. Marine Brigadier General Lawson Sanderson aboard U.S. Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Levy (DE-162), 4 September 1945.
You know that image with the X-Wing on USS Long Island's deck? Well, in actuality, the aircraft was a F2A Buffalo. (1024x802)
[7360 x 4912] The main elevator of USS Gerald R. Ford, with the island of USS George Washington visible in the background.
Oregon-class USS Rochester (CA-124) assisted by tug USS Awatobi (YTB-264) as she departs Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 20 Sept 1953. USS Dekaury (YTB-178) is at left. Rochester’s fitted with 3/50 twin automatic gun mounts, replacing the 40mm guns carried from ‘46 to ‘53. [5672×4197]
American Marines speed away from USS Sheridan on a landing barge approaching the Japanese-held island of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. One Marine shows a pin-up girl to his buddies as Tarawa smokes in the background, 1943. [776x960] (Colorized, original B&W photo in comments)
Destroyers USS Blue (DD-387) and USS Patterson (DD-392) evacuating the crew of HMAS Canberra (D33), following the Battle of Savo Island. The battle would see four Allied Heavy Cruisers (including Canberra) sunk. August 9, 1942 [800x405].
USS Helena CL-50 View of the starboard side amidships, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 June 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul. [1280x1280]
Carrier Division 27 successfully weathering China Sea Typhoon. Taken by USS Salerno Bay (CVE-110). Ships shown are: USS Block Island (CVE-106); USS Siboney (CVE-112) and USS Gilbert Island (CVE-107). October 1945. USN photo. [2505 x 2110]
Carrier Division 27 bucking a China Sea typhoon: USS Block Island (CVE 106); USS Siboney (CVE 112) and USS Gilbert Island (CVE 107), 1945 [2080 x 2512]
1941 IH tractor sitting 17,500ft (5.3km) deep in the ocean still chained to the deck of the USS Hornet, sunk in 1942 at the Battle of the Santa Cruz islands
[2213 x 2812] Bow of protected cruiser USS Cincinnati C-7 at Mare Island, September 27, 1907.
[2804 x 2272] USS Birmingham (CL-62), maneuvering alongside the USS Block Island (CVE-106) on 30 January 1945. imgur.com/v1i6dp8
Indian Ocean, 7 January 2005: "Jugs of purified water are staged on the flight deck aboard" the United States Navy (USN) aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) "for delivery to the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia." This photograph was taken by USN Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Julian T. Olivari.
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