File:Japanese ship burns off Cam Ranh Bay on 12 January 1945.jpg

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Description A ship of a Japanese convoy is left burning 20 km south of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina, on 12 January 1945. The convoy was attacked by carrier based planes of the U.S. Task Force 38. Visible in the lower left corner is a Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 7 (VB-7) from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19), identifiable by the horseshoe tail symbol.
Date Taken on 12 January 1945
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-300701 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed by plane from USS Hancock (CV-19).

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