Keywords: USS Essex (CV-9) with TG 38 3 off Okinawa 1945.jpeg Two U S Navy Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 83 VB-83 fly against the backdrop of ships of Task Group 38 3 operating off Okinawa VB-83 operated from USS Essex CV-9 pictured in foreground during the period March-September 1945 Note the geometric identification symbols G-symbols of the aircraft from the Essex In the background are the battleship USS Washington BB-56 a long-hull Essex-class carrier and an Independence-class light carrier http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035733 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 360 1945-05 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex CV-9 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver USS Washington BB-56 Fast Carrier Task Force |