    
Title: USS Bunker Hill, September, 1943 Description: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), a 38,000-ton Essex class carrier, passes through the Panama Canal, at the last of the Gatun locks; the Bunker Hill would soon join the Pacific fleet and earn a distinguished battle history; larger carriers, including the Midway class, could not pass through the Canal, although its original U.S. construction in 1904 anticipated accommodating any size American warship; one of the sailors on board the ship at the time was Gerald R. Ford (Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.; Leslie Lynch King; 1913-2006), American politician and thirty-eighth President of the U.S., who, decades later, recalled: "The ship got through all right, but I wasn't sure I would get through all right" Date: September 12, 1943 Category: World War II Keywords: Panama Canal, Second World War, U.S. aircraft carriers, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1710 x 1305 (2.23 MPixels) (1.31) Print Size: 14.5 x 11.0 cm; 5.7 x 4.3 inches File Size: 6.39 MB (6,705,316 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010191 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
