Keywords: USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit by kamikaze - seen from USS Essex (CV-9) on 14 May 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 in flames after the ship was hit by a kamikaze off Kyushu The forward elevator is blown up by the blast The photo was taken from USS Essex CV-9 Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Fighting Boming Squadron 83 VBF-83 are visible in the foreground http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 21119 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1983 046 010 149 1945-05-14 U S Navy The image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 during 1944-1945 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Enterprise CV-6 Aboard USS Essex CV-9 Vought F4U Corsair Pacific War in May 1945 Kamikaze |