Burning USS Wasp (CV-7) & Survivor Rescue, 09/15/1942 (full)

Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. Naval Photographic Center film #1764. National Archives description “1) LS WASP in smoke.2) SCU Officers, radio talker on deck.3) LS WASP in smoke, DD near stern-SV.4) LS Bi-plane passes, WASP enveloped in ) LS SHS Survivors on DD deck, bridges ) MS-Pan WASP in smoke, life boats, men swim.7) SHS Transfer lines to DD (very jerky).8) LS-Pan WASP in smoke (shaky).9) MS-Pan Around stern of smoking ) GV WASP envelo
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