"USS Ommaney Bay Wreck Located" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 13 Jul 2023 5:15 a.m. PST |
Scientists have confirmed that wreckage found on the seafloor off the Philippines are the remains of the USS Ommaney Bay, an aircraft carrier that was destroyed in World War II less than a year after it sailed out of San Diego Bay on its second deployment.A Japanese kamikaze plane struck the Casablanca-class carrier on Jan. 4, 1945, in the Sulu Sea, igniting massive fires and setting off munitions, killing nearly 95 crew members. The damage was so bad the Navy scuttled the ship… Military: link |
 Mserafin  | 13 Jul 2023 9:00 a.m. PST |
I had a girlfriend whose uncle was a 30-year Navy man. He saw the Ommany Bay hit, said it "blew her all to hell." You could tell that even 50 years later he was still affected by it. |
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