Photos Taken in Pacific Ocean | World War II Database

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P-38L Lightning “THOITY-THOID-N’THOID” with both propellers stopped shortly before the pilot, Lt. Joseph DeVona, bailed out over the Pacific, 17 Jan 1945.	Anti-aircraft gun crews aboard Light Carrier USS Langley roll with the ship in heavy seas in the South China Sea, Jan 18, 1945

OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on the fantail of USS New Jersey or USS Wisconsin, off Taiwan, 18 Jan 1945; note 16-inch guns in foreground and USS Hornet in background	Burned and demolished F6F-5 Hellcat on the hangar deck of USS Ticonderoga following a special attack plane crashing through the flight deck and exploding in the hangar deck southeast of Formosa (Taiwan), 21 Jan 1945.

Carrier Ticonderoga burning after being struck by special attack aircraft off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; note light cruiser Miami's starboard catapult and OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foreground	Flight deck of USS Hancock after an exploding bomb disintegrated a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber abreast of the island off Formosa (Taiwan), 21 Jan 1945. Note propeller and wounded crewman receiving aid.

Port side view of USS Ticonderoga with an intentional list to assist firefighting efforts following a kamikaze attack 21 Jan 1945 southeast of Formosa (Taiwan). Photo taken from USS Essex.	Smoke pouring from the Ticonderoga’s fires following a special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945 that started stubborn fires on the hangar deck

Smoke pouring through a large hole in the Ticonderoga’s flight deck from fires after a special attack aircraft crashed through the deck off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945	Splinters of teak flight deck surround bomb hole near Ticonderoga's No 1 elevator shortly after being hit by kamikaze aircraft, off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; seen on page 92 of US Navy War Photographs

Ticonderoga being listed to port intentionally to aid firefighting efforts after being hit by kamikaze, 125 miles east-southeast of Taiwan, about 1220 hours on 21 Jan 1945	Ticonderoga shrouded in smoke after being hit by two kamikaze aircraft, 125 miles east-southeast of Taiwan, about 1300 hours on 21 Jan 1945

With the fires out, crews evaluate how to make emergency repairs to a large hole in Ticonderoga’s flight deck from a special attack aircraft crashing through it off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945	A burial at sea aboard the USS Hancock, 23 Jan 1945. These sailors died 4 days earlier when a TBM Avenger aircraft exploded just after landing. The explosion bent flight deck frame members that can be seen overhead.

Appendicitis patient Seaman 1st Class J. R. Morris being transported from destroyer USS Grady to carrier USS Anzio for treatment, Pacific Ocean, 24 Jan 1945	F4U Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 on the flight deck of USS Essex, 25 Jan 1945.

USS Hornet (Essex-class), distance, steaming with USS Independence and USS Enterprise on their way back to Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, 25 Jan 1945.	Captain Walton Smith of the Independence-class carrier USS Cabot on the bridge with war correspondent Ernie Pyle off Japan, Feb 1945. Note inscription by Pyle.

Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 1 of 7	Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 2 of 7