File:USS O'Brien (DD-725) fighting fires on USS Ward (APD-16) in Ormoc Bay, December 1944.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Ward (APD-16) burning in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, after she was hit by a Kamikaze on 7 December 1944. The destroyer USS O'Brien (DD-725) is fighting fires from alongside, as landing craft circle to rescue survivors.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-335685 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Crosby (APD-17).

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