Keywords: 80-G-264994: USS Ticonderoga (CV 14). Shown: Damage to hangar deck from Japanese kamikaze dive from the night of 20-21 January 1945. One plane crashed through the ship’s flight deck abreast of the No 2.5 in (130mm) mount, and its bomb exploded just above her hangar deck whilst another smashed into carrier’s starboard side near the island, setting more planes on fire. Photographed by PHOM Peters and PHOM Quillinan, January 22, 1945. (2015/12/01). 80-G-264994: USS Ticonderoga (CV 14). Shown: Damage to hangar deck from Japanese kamikaze dive from the night of 20-21 January 1945. One plane crashed through the ship’s flight deck abreast of the No 2.5 in (130mm) mount, and its bomb exploded just above her hangar deck whilst another smashed into carrier’s starboard side near the island, setting more planes on fire. Photographed by PHOM Peters and PHOM Quillinan, January 22, 1945. (2015/12/01). |