Photos Taken in Pacific Ocean | World War II Database

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A Japanese aircraft crashing near USS Princeton off Taiwan, 14 Oct 1944; note South Dakota-class battleship USS South Dakota or USS Alabama in background	Cruiser USS Houston under tow by the USS Pawnee 17 Oct 1944 following Houston being torpedoed twice off Formosa (Taiwan) three days earlier. Note that Houston’s draft is 6-feet deeper than the maximum to be seaworthy.

Battleship USS Massachusetts refueling in the Philippine Sea from the oiler USS Kaskaskia, 18 Oct 1944. Note Massachusetts’ starboard twin mount 5”/38 caliber guns at their full 85-degree elevation.	Damaged tail plane of an F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-20 on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise off the Philippines, 19 Oct 1944. Note the solid castor type tail wheel necessary for carrier operations.

Musashi, Yamato, a cruiser, and Nagato at Brunei, Borneo, 21 Oct 1944	Musashi, Yamato, Mogami, and Nagato in Brunei Bay, Oct 1944

Elco 80-foot PT-523 alongside escort carrier USS Manila Bay returning downed pilot and aircrewman east of Leyte Gulf, 22 Oct 1944. Note the aircraft style National insignia on top of the chart house.	Japanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay for the Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944

Activity continues on the flight deck of USS Essex as a crashed Japanese airplane burns off the starboard bow, 24 Oct 1944 off Luzon in the Philippines. Note Number 1 5-inch/38 caliber gun mount at right.	Badly damaged carrier USS Princeton burns as cruiser Reno and destroyer Morrison close in to offer assistance, 24 Oct 1944 as seen from USS Essex off Luzon in the Philippines.

Battleship Yamato or Musashi and two heavy cruisers maneuvering while under attack by US Navy aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Battleship Yamato under attack during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

Birmingham attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2	Birmingham withdrawing from Princeton after she was abandoned, 24 Oct 1944. Photo 1 of 2

Birmingham withdrawing from Princeton after she was abandoned, 24 Oct 1944. Photo 2 of 3	Birmingham withdrawing from Princeton after she was abandoned, 24 Oct 1944. Photo 3 of 3

Damage to USS Princeton's hangar after bomb hit, Philippine Sea, 24 Oct 1944; probably photographs from USS Birmingham	Damage to USS Princeton's port side, elevator, and flight deck, Philippine Sea, 24 Oct 1944; photograph taken from USS Birmingham

Haguro or Myoko firing at attacking US carrier aircraft during Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2