File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack and burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 (NH 97778).jpg

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Description	The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) seen from another U.S. ship while under attack by Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942. An intense fire is burning in her starboard after five-inch gun gallery, the result of a bomb hit that ignited ready-service ammunition. Note the anti-aircraft shell bursts over the carrier.
Date	24 August 1942
Source	Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97778 (cropped) from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	U.S. Navy

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	20:56, 25 May 2006		600 × 458 (35 KB)	Cla68 (talk \| contribs)	{{Information\| \|Description= Enterprise CV-6 heels over violently during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942. A fire fed by burning powder flares brightly in her Group 3 5" gun gallery (starboard-side aft), set off by a Japanese bomb that k

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