Entering Ulithi Lagoon while returning from strikes on targets in the Phillipines, December 1944. Ships are (from front) Langley CVL27, Ticonderoga CV14, Washington BB56,  North Carolina BB55,  South Dakota BB57,  Santa Fe CL60,  Biloxi CL80, Mobile CL63, and Oakland CL95. Picture taken from Fantail of USS Essex CV9.

 

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