On February 21, 1945, the carrier was attacked by a swarm of Japanese aircraft off the coast of Iwo Jima. Despite the damaging gunfire from the carrier’s anti-aircraft guns, two Japanese planes ...

during the lead-up to the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945. The Stinger was a Browning .30 caliber AN/M2, salvaged from a crashed or otherwise inoperable aircraft, that was modified for use by infantry.

Planes damaged over Japan by fighter planes or anti-aircraft fire might not be able to complete the 1,500-mile return trip to the Marianas. They needed a safe haven. Iwo Jima, halfway between ...

Officially, no U.S. Navy aircraft carrier has been sunk in combat since ... On February 21, 1945, CVE-95 sank off Iwo Jima after two Japanese kamikaze attacks. In total, only seven carriers ...