Are photos of WWII US Navy damage reports available online?

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Well, I've found a couple on WWII Archives.

USS Enterprise (CV-6) War Damage Report - 5 September 1942 (Eastern Solomons) - War damage report of Captain A. C. Davis of details of damage to USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a result of three direct hits during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942.

USS Enterprise (CV-6) War Damage Report - 8 November 1942 (Eastern Solomons) - Captain O. B. Hardison's report of damage from 2 direct hits and several near misses which caused extensive damage to USS Enterprise (CV-6). Photographs of damage are enclosed.

USS Hornet (CV-8) War Damage Report - October 26, 1942 (Santa Cruz) - War Damage Report for Hornet (CV-8). Loss in Action. Santa Cruz. 26 October 1942

USS Lexington (CV-2) War Damage Report - June 15, 1942 (Coral Sea) - War Damage Report for Lexington (CV-2) Coral Sea. 15 October 1942

USS Yorktown (CV-5) War Damage Report - 28 November 1942 (Coral Sea) - War Damage Report for Yorktown (CV-5). Bomb Damage. Coral Sea. May 8, 1942.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) War Damage Report - May 20, 1942 (Coral Sea) - War Damage Report for Yorktown (CV-5). May 20, 1942.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) War Damage Report - March 9, 1943 (Midway) - War Damage Report for Yorktown (CV-5). Loss in Action. Midway. June 4-7, 1942.

In fact, this website has plenty of information, including Action Reports, War Diaries, Casualty Lists, Code Books and Intelligence Summaries and Intercepts and a fair bit more.

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