Heavy seas getting heavier as USS Wasp (Essex-class) steams into a typhoon south of Japan, 25 Aug 1945.

Caption   Heavy seas getting heavier as USS Wasp (Essex-class) steams into a typhoon south of Japan, 25 Aug 1945. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
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Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 15 Jul 2014

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