U.S. task force ships underway in Sulu Sea prior to invasion of Philippines during World War II. Convoy consisting of transports, carriers, merchant ships in Sulu Sea. U.S. Major General Charles L. Mullins and Rear Admiral Richard L. Connolly, Commander of U.S. Amphibious Group III talk to each other aboard ship. Ships underway at sea.
USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) in the Philippines. The ship burns from a Japanese kamikaze suicide crash. Other CVEs, U.S. AO (Auxilliary Oiler) passes in foreground. USS Ommaney Bay burns and explodes. Large smoke columns rise. (World War II period).
Clip shows several still images extracted from moving images of the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) burning in the Sulu Sea off the shore of Luzon, Philippines, following a strike by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft during World War 2. The moving film from which the stills were extracted can be seen at clips 65675072050 and 65675072051. Several stills of the USS Ommaney Bay burning. Stills of navy sailors watching through binoculars and additional destroyer and support ships in the background.