Chronology of World War II

Sunday, January 21


USS Ticonderoga Afire off Formosa


USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> Afire off Formosa
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) afire off Formosa, January 21, 1945, just after her initial kamikaze hit on the forward flight deck. Photographed from USS Miami (CL-89). A Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane is on the cruiser’s starboard catapult, in the foreground