MAKE A MEME View Large Image Halsey Powell (DD-686) hit by kamikaze alongside USS Hancock (CV-19) in 1945.jpg On 20 March 1945 the U S Navy destroyer USS Halsey Powell DD-686 was alongside the aircraft carrier USS Hancock CV-19 when Japanese aircraft attacked As the ...
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Keywords: USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) hit by kamikaze alongside USS Hancock (CV-19) in 1945.jpg On 20 March 1945 the U S Navy destroyer USS Halsey Powell DD-686 was alongside the aircraft carrier USS Hancock CV-19 when Japanese aircraft attacked As the destroyer was getting clear an aircraft overshot the carrier and crashed on Halsey Powell Her steering gear jammed but alert action with the engines averted a collision Fires were put out and although 9 were killed and over 30 wounded in the attack the ship reached Ulithi on 25 March Halsey Powell arrived at San Pedro California USA for battle repairs on 8 May and sailed again for Pearl Harbor on 19 July 1945 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 33394 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 054 031 1945-03-20 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Halsey Powell DD-686 USS Hancock CV-19 Kamikaze Pacific War in March 1945
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