File:USS Hancock (CV-19) hit by kamikaze 1945.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) is hit by a kamikaze suicide plane off Okinawa, 7 April 1945.
In the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) World War II cruise book the carrier is identified as USS Wasp (CV-18). However, the carrier depicted is a long hull Essex class carrier wearing Camouflage Measure 32 Design 3a, which identifies the carrier as the Hancock.
Date Taken on 7 April 1945
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) World War II cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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