The USS Santa Fe lies alongside the heavily listing USS Franklin to provide assistance after the aircraft carrier had been hit and set afire by a single Japanese dive bomber, during the Okinawa invasion off the coast of Honshu, Japan.March 19, 1945

Heavily listing USS Franklin

F4F-4 Wildcat of VF-41 "Red Rippers" taking off from USS Ranger (CV-4)stationed 48 Km northwest of Casablanca, to attack targets ashore during the invasion of Morocco (Operation Torch), North Africa. 8 November 1942.(rudeerude)

Wildcat of VF-41

About 350 miles from the Japanese mainland, U.S. invasion forces establish a beachhead on Okinawa island. Pouring out war supplies and military equipment, the landing crafts fill the sea to the horizon, where stand the battleships of the U.S. fleet.April 13. 1945(rudeerude)