575 items in this album on 29 pages.
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2 | Musashi down by the bow after being hit by US Navy carrier aircraft during the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944 | Musashi hit by a bomb from US Navy carrier aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944 | USS Birmingham and a destroyer pulling away from USS Princeton after the carrier was struck by a bomb, Philippine Sea, 24 Oct 1944 |
575 items in this album on 29 pages.