Chronology of World War II
Wednesday, January 17
Refueling During Storm at Sea
Carrier Raids in the East China Sea, January 1945: The US Navy aircraft carrier USS
Essex
(CV-9) and a destroyer refueling from the fleet oiler USS
Pamanset
(AO-85) during an East China sea storm on January 17, 1945. Note the wave sweeping past the oiler's bow