The warship was struck by a Japanese kamikaze plane in January 1945 and scuttled a short time later during an attack that killed 95 crew members
Scientists have confirmed that wreckage found on the seafloor off the Philippines are the remains of the USS Ommaney Bay, an aircraft carrier that was destroyed in World War II less than a year after it sailed out of San Diego Bay on its second deployment.
The possible remains of Ommaney Bay were reported to the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., in 2019 by Vulcan, an underwater research and conservation company.that its underwater archaeology branch confirmed that the wreckage is that of Ommaney Bay, a 512-foot, steam engine powered ship that was less than half the size of today’s nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
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