Help

This is a plea for information.

I am working on a book with Bob Sumrall and this photograph is one we intend to use. There is, however, no caption information.

buy Clomiphene unprescribed Can someone positively identify the ship, location, date, situation?

http://neilfeather.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http://neilfeather.com/1450-2/ I appreciate surmises, but I can do that myself.

I see Hornet (CV-8).  (Because of the lighting and shrouding steam my gut reaction was a short-hull Essex (CV-9) in splinter camouflage, but a number of points dissuade me. First was the lack of 5-inch gunhouses. Next, the two-level open foretop. Essex had no foretop, just platforms. Yorktown (CV-5) and Enterprise (CV-6) both had larger enclosed foretops. Then there is the boat crane aft and lack of port-side elevator. The camouflage is a trick of the low early morning lighting and shadows.)

A chilly early morning. Possibly Brooklyn Navy Yard. But I have no proof on any of these including the ship’s identity.

The only “factual” item I have is a number: K6556. I have checked as many variations of the NH and 80-G series numbers as I can think to search—including adding possible missing numbers (probably more than a couple hundred in total)—with no luck.

If you can help, please point me to your information source.