Chronology of World War II
Monday, November 20
Destroyer-Escorts Drop Depth Charges
Destroyer-escorts (DE) drop depth charges during the search for Japanese submarines in Ulithi anchorage following the sinking of USS
Mississinewa
(AO-59), November 20, 1944. A Fletcher class destroyer is in the left-center background and an anti-submarine net is in the distance. Photographed from the aircraft carrier USS
Bunker Hill
(CV-17). (Official US Navy photograph)