US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 December 1944. The photo was taken from Essex (CV-9) and the other ships are: 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).
https://wrhstol.com/310hD7Z