MAKE A MEME View Large Image Saratoga Kamikaze hit 21 February 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 burning after five Kamikaze suicide planes hit the forward flight deck off Chi-chi Jima shortly after 17 00h 21 February 1945 Another attack at 19 ...
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Keywords: USS Saratoga Kamikaze hit 21 February 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 burning after five Kamikaze suicide planes hit the forward flight deck off Chi-chi Jima shortly after 17 00h 21 February 1945 Another attack at 19 00h scored an additional bomb hit 123 of her crew were dead or missing as a result of the attacks By 20 15h the fires were under control and the carrier was able to recover aircraft but she was ordered to Eniwetok and then to the U S West Coast for repairs arriving at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton Washington USA on 16 March On 22 May Saratoga departed Puget Sound fully repaired and she resumed training pilots at Pearl Harbor on 3 June http //www navweaps com/index_tech/tech-042 htm 1945-02-21 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy This is a cropped version of a photo that appeared on p 466 of cite book Polmar Norman Genda Minoru Minoru Genda Aircraft Carriers A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events Potomac Books Washington D C 2006 Volume 1 1909 “1945 1-57488-663-0 that was credited to the US Navy although no catalog number was given Aboard USS Saratoga CV-3 Kamikaze Burning ships Firefighting in the United States Navy
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