Chronology of World War II
Saturday, November 25
US Carrier Hit by
Kamikaze
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS
Essex
(CV-9) about to be hit by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' aircraft during
kamikaze
attacks off Luzon, November 25, 1944. The plane, afire from anti-aircraft gun hits, struck near the carrier's forward elevator. Note the Cleveland-class light cruiser in the left distance