Keywords: USS Bunker Hill USS Sperry 11 May 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill CV-17 on fire after being hit by two Kamikazes on 11 May 1945 The Allen M Sumner-class destroyer USS Charles S Sperry DD-697 is alongside fighting fires barely visible are the superstructure and funnels of the Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre CL-103 behind Bunker Hill U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 983 046 010 144 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/objects/common/webmedia php irn 31337 1945-05-11 U S Navy The Image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier Essex CV-9 during 1944-1945 Frame with caption CHARLES S SPERRY and WILKES-BARRE assist in bringing BUNKER HILL fires under control removed PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Bunker Hill CV-17 attack 11 May 1945 Photographs taken on 1945-05-11 USS Charles S Sperry DD-697 Burning ships |