| Caption | Anti-aircraft gun crews aboard Light Carrier USS Langley roll with the ship in heavy seas in the South China Sea, Jan 18, 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via CVL-27 | ||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,314 x 901 pixels | ||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 18 Jan 1945 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | South China Sea, Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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2. Anonymous says:
26 Jul 2021 04:19:36 AM
My dad was a Anti-aircraft gun crew member aboard Light Carrier USS Langley during WWII
26 Jul 2021 04:19:36 AM
My dad was a Anti-aircraft gun crew member aboard Light Carrier USS Langley during WWII
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23 Apr 2020 05:09:38 PM
This image appears at other places around the internet with dates ranging from Dec 1944 to Jun 1945 but the original photo was submitted in the USS Langley After Action Report for the Indo-China Raids of Jan 1945 (page 86). The photo card bears the caption, "‘heavy roll’ on 18 January 1945." On that date, Langley’s war diaries reported 40 knot winds from the northeast and heavy seas severe enough that salt water taken through an air vent shorted out their SK radar.