Photo #: NH 103030
Mindoro Invasion, December 1944
Navy ships fighting fires on USS LST-742, after she was
hit by a Kamikaze off the Mindoro landing beaches, 15 December
1944.
Photographed from on board USS PCE-851.
The bow of USS O'Brien (DD-725) is at right, with fire
fighting parties spraying water on the burning ship. USS Hopewell
(DD-681) is seen nearly bow-on in the center background, largely
shrouded by smoke.
O'Brien is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 9D.
Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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