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1944
 | on 10/30/1944 in Luzon . Crewmen fighting fires aboard the US Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood CVL-24 after she was hit by a Kamikaze while operating off Philippines on 30 October CV-13 also hit during the attack is afire in the distance 3824 × 4085 |
1945
 | in 1945 . nicknamed Big Ben lists after getting bombed battered bruised and bent but not broken begins 12 000 mile journey home under her own power in |
 | with on 3/19/1945 . aircraft carrier on fire and listing after a strike by a Japanese dive bomber. USS Santa Fe (at left) assists the crippled carrier, that suffered 800 crewmen killed, on March 19, 1945, close to the Japanese mainland, during World War 2. |
 | with on 3/19/1945 . Explosions continue to rock the listing carrier after a Japanese bomb detonated in the hangar deck and ignited the armed and fueled aircraft there 19 March She is seen here from the cruiser 720x576 |
 | with on 3/19/1945 . Explosions continue to rock the listing carrier after a Japanese bomb detonated in the hangar deck and ignited the armed and fueled aircraft there 19 March Seen from the cruiser 640x512 |
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