Tragic sight - carrier USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73).

U.S. Navy Photograph

from the personal collection of LT (jg) Russell Wood, USNR
Composite Squadron VC-4, USS WHITE PLAINS (CVE 66)

"SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA"

A salvo of shells from the Jap heavy cruiser in the distance - - marked by a circle - - falls around the ill-fated carrier USS GAMBIER BAY during the Second battle of the Philippine Sea on October 25, 1944.  Heavy black smoke pouring from the GAMBIER BAY adds a somber evertone to the tragic sight.  In the foreground, officers and men of a Navy escort carrier watch the dramatic action.

Contemporaneous U.S. Navy caption 

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