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Just after 0700 hrs the sea around the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS White Plains (CVE-66) erupts as she is straddled and near missed by 14 inch gunfire from Japanese battleships which have surprised the escort carrier Task Group 77.4.3. In the foreground is the flight deck of her sister ship, USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) with two Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft.

Date

25 October 1944

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