Grumman F6F Hellcat named “Jolly Rogers” of Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VF-14) prepares to take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

Getting ready for a mission

A Pearl Harbor Navy Yard worker looks at an unexploded 800-kg (1,750 lb) Japanese armor-piercing bomb in the compartment of the damaged US battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48).

The 800-kg armor-piercing bomb was a 355-mm projectile with an attached stabilizer; May 30, 1942.

Unexploded Japanese bomb

Waiting for the next frequent kamikaze attack... Aircraft Carrier USS Essex; April 1945.