File:USS Essex (CV-9) about to be hit by a Kamikaze on 25 November 1944.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) about to be hit by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" aircraft during Kamikaze attacks off Luzon, 25 November 1944. The plane, afire from anti-aircraft gun hits, struck near the carrier's forward elevator. Note the Cleveland-class light cruiser in the left distance.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-270738 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Ticonderoga (CV-14).

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