A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless flies over one of the US aircraft carriers, likely on anti-submarine patrol. 

Anti-submarine patrol

Ensign Jane Kendeigh (March 30, 1922-July 19, 1987), USN flight nurse, first to make wounded evacuation trip to Okinawa. Photo taken on landing strip with Marines during short layover at Okinawa; 1945. 

Among grateful Marines

Sinking battleship USS California, (BB-44) off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, after being hit by two torpedoes and two bombs.

 It was abandoned by the crew due to a burning oil patch around the ship. On the left, the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) is seen burning in dry dock. Closer to the center, the masts of the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) are visible.