Men of USS Kalinin Bay (CVE 68) watch the huge explosion on USS St. Lo (CVE 63) after she was hit by a kamikaze off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944. The fires from the bomb reached the magazine and the ship was destroyed by this violent explosion. Pieces weighing many tons can be seen thrown up in the air. When Japan was facing defeat in late 1944 it chose to destroy US ships with suicide bombings, known as attacks were a potent physical and psychological weapon and sunk a total of 47 ships at a cost of more than 3000 pilots and planes. By late 1944 th
Men of USS Kalinin Bay (CVE 68) watch the huge explosion on USS St. Lo (CVE 63) after she was hit by a kamikaze off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944. The fires from the bomb reached the magazine and the ship was destroyed by this violent explosion. Pieces weighing many tons can be seen thrown up in the air. When Japan was facing defeat in late 1944 it chose to destroy US ships with suicide bombings, known as attacks were a potent physical and psychological weapon and sunk a total of 47 ships at a cost of more than 3000 pilots and planes. By late 1944 the US Navy was large enough that the losses were insignificant and they did not alter the course of the war.
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