USS Bunker Hill CV-17 / CVA-17 / CVS-17 / AVT-9
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December 7, 1942: USS Bunker Hill CV-17 just after launch at Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts.
(Watch video of the launch)



March 27, 1944: USS Bunker Hill CV-17 seen off the Palau Islands .



June 19, 1944: USS Bunker Hill CV-17 seen during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.



March 18, 1945: USS Bunker Hill CV-17 seen off Japan.



May 11, 1945: USS Bunker Hill CV-17 after being hit by two Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa. The attack
killed 389 and wounded 264.





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