The USN had 2 carriers in the atlantic for the first half of 1942, The Wasp (CV-7) and the Ranger(CV-4). Yorktown was in Norfolk on Dec 7 and was rapidly transferred to the Pacific Fleet. Until she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet, Wasp helped resupply the british base at Malta with Spitfire fighter planes on two occasions. The Ranger was considerd too inferior to potential japanese opponents in terms of speed and aircraft complement. The navy didn`t want to transfer her to the pacific. She did help spearhead the US contribution to the Torch landings in africa, and later went on to conduct some air raids around Norway and the periphry of europe with the RN.
Since the Italian Navy had an inferiority complex with the RN, it seldom came out to fight in force. Most of the carrier action was sub hunting which was done well by the CVEs. The Royal Navy learned the hard way with HMS Courageous, that fleet carriers weren`t the best for sub hunting. And since sub hunting was a more secretive operation overall and conducted by smaller ships, they probably didn`t have many photographers on board. But there are pics out there.