DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 79448
USS Columbia (CL-56)
Japanese "Zeke" type Kamikaze aircraft diving on the
ship during the Lingayen Gulf operation, 6 January 1945. This
plane, afire from hits by the ship's guns, crashed close aboard,
showering Columbia's superstructure with gasoline.
Courtesy of John R. Henry, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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