Bombs being transferred to Hornet from ammo ship off Iwo Jima, February 1945. Note one of VF-11's F6F's with geometric white squares on the tail denoting CV-12, parked on the forward flight deck and the heavy weathering and rust on the original dazzle paint on her forward hull. The USS Hornet was the first Essex-class carrier to be painted in dazzled paint (November 29, 1943) and one of the last to have it painted out (July 1945).
