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Re: 1943-12-15 CVL US USS SanJacinto1944orLaterCVL-30b.jpg Not if I can help it.
Andrew Chaplin (ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com) 2015/06/14 06:38

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PVK <pv.kirkland@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ic6dnS9nGb08HevInZ2dnUU78VmdnZ2d@giganews.com:

> Does anyone know where and when this photo was taken ? Clearly she is
> under attack, and the burning ship in the background appears to be
> another Independence-class CVL.

If the Wiki page is anything to go by, it was probably 19 March 1945 and off
Kyushu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Jacinto_(CVL-30)#Attacks_over_Japan
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

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