Battle of Repairs
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Battle of Repairs
February 21, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TRC: 273626 Saratoga
inscribed in crayon on recto C : X in circle
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 273626 HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 9 A.M. (T.W.T.) FRIDAY/JUNE 15, 1945/
BATTLE OF REPAIRS/ THE "SARA" RECOVERS FROM HER/ BATTLE WOUNDS
Known as the "Queen of the Flattops", the Navy aircraft carrier USS/ SARATOGA fought through three years and three months without suffering/ an enemy bomb hit--but when her luck ran out, it ran with a vengeance./ On February 21, 1945, while participating in the battle of Iwo Jima,/ the SARA sustained seven hits. She made her way back to Puget Sound Navy/ Yard at Bremerton, Wash., under her own power--and was termed the "most/ extensively damaged vessel" the Yard had received. Despite the extent of/
her damage, the SARA was soon repaired--thus becoming antoher victory in/ the gruelling "Battle of Repairs" being waged by U.S. shipyards./
The flight deck of the SARA resembles an inferno as gasoline-fed flames/ luck angrily at the ship. Note the twisted remains of a plane in the center./ After the fires were extinguished, flight operations were resumed./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
printed in ink on verso LC: [illegible]273626
printed in ink on verso BL: AQ 5[illegible] 8
inscribed in crayon on recto C : X in circle
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 273626 HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 9 A.M. (T.W.T.) FRIDAY/JUNE 15, 1945/
BATTLE OF REPAIRS/ THE "SARA" RECOVERS FROM HER/ BATTLE WOUNDS
Known as the "Queen of the Flattops", the Navy aircraft carrier USS/ SARATOGA fought through three years and three months without suffering/ an enemy bomb hit--but when her luck ran out, it ran with a vengeance./ On February 21, 1945, while participating in the battle of Iwo Jima,/ the SARA sustained seven hits. She made her way back to Puget Sound Navy/ Yard at Bremerton, Wash., under her own power--and was termed the "most/ extensively damaged vessel" the Yard had received. Despite the extent of/
her damage, the SARA was soon repaired--thus becoming antoher victory in/ the gruelling "Battle of Repairs" being waged by U.S. shipyards./
The flight deck of the SARA resembles an inferno as gasoline-fed flames/ luck angrily at the ship. Note the twisted remains of a plane in the center./ After the fires were extinguished, flight operations were resumed./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
printed in ink on verso LC: [illegible]273626
printed in ink on verso BL: AQ 5[illegible] 8
