Task Group 38.3 makes a simultaneous turn to port from column formation, while entering Ulithi anchorage on 12 December 1944 after strikes against the Japanese in the Philippines.  Ships are (from front): Langley (CVL-27); Ticonderoga (CV-14); Washington (BB-56); North Carolina (BB-55); South Dakota (BB-57); Santa Fe (CL-60); Biloxi (CL-80); Mobile (CL-63) and Oakland (CL-95). 

Task Group 38.3 turn to port

Task Group 38.3 enters Ulithi anchorage in column, 12 December 1944, while returning from strikes on targets in the Philippines.Ships are (from front): Langley (CVL-27); Ticonderoga (CV-14); Washington (BB-56); North Carolina (BB-55); South Dakota (BB-57); Santa Fe (CL-60); Biloxi (CL-80); Mobile (CL-63) and Oakland (CL-95).

Task Group 38.3

CAPT. William (Gotch) Dillon, Commanding Officer.The symbols painted on the side of the island represent 48 enemy aircraft shot down, 22 bombing missions, 3 warships and 8 merchant ships sunk, and 63 aircraft destroyed on the ground.(rudeerude)