File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) docked at Ford Island, in May 1942.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, in May 1942, shortly before the Battle of Midway. Note the "nest" with 2x20mm Oerlikon guns on her bow under the flying deck which were installed at the end of March before the Doolittle Raid. The sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) is visible on the left.
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