History: A column of smoke 500 feet wide rises from the burning oiler USS Mississinewa (AO-59) after being struck by the first Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo deployed. Ulithi Atoll, 20 Nov 1944. The ship sank with a loss of 63 crew. The light carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) is in the foreground. [4357 x 4501]

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