USS Hornet (CV-8)at Pearl Harbor May 26, 1942, just after the Battle of Coral Sea and just before the Battle of Midway.
Harbor tug Nokomis (YT-142) is underway alongside her.
Paint chipped off Hornet's waterline area by wave action while at sea.(rudeerude)

USS Hornet

Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo fighter of Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211)rests in the flight deck gallery netting after suffering landing gear failure while landing on board USS Long Island (AVG-1) off Palmyra Island, 25 July 1942(rudeerude)

Landing gear failure

Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942.Destroyers alongside USS Lexington (CV-2) to assist in the carrier's abandonment, after she had been mortally damaged by fires and explosions during the afternoon of May 8 1942.