The reverse of this archival photograph bears a handwritten identification: 'McDonnell F2H-3 on U.S.S. Tarawa CVA 40.' The F2H-3 Banshee was a carrier-based U.S. Navy jet fighter of the early Cold War era, and USS Tarawa (CVA-40) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier. Such handwritten captions were standard archival practice for cataloging official Navy photographic collections. Project: 218472