The lead ship of the #EssexClass of aircraft carriers was commissioned on #ThisDayInHistory in 1942. #USSEssex was the first of 24 ships (32 were ordered!) of the type. 14 were finished in time to serve in #WWII, none were lost to enemy action, and four are preserved as museums.

The plane struck the port edge of the flight deck, landing among planes fueled for takeoff, causing extensive damage, killing 15, and wounding 44.’
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‘Aftermath of the November 25, 1943, kamikaze attack against the USS Essex. Fire-fighters and scattered fragments of the Japanese aircraft cover the flight deck. ➡️
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‘A closer view of the Japanese kamikaze aircraft, smoking from antiaircraft hits and veering slightly to left moments before slamming into the USS Essex on November 25, 1944.’
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#OTD in 1944
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‘A Japanese kamikaze pilot in a damaged single-engine bomber, moments before striking the U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Essex, off the Philippine Islands, on November 25, 1944.’
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Who is Jinchao Wei? US Navy Sailor Found Guilty of Selling Secrets to China
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I was born a year later #NavyBrat

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