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: Enters Ulithi anchorage in column, 12 December 1944, while returning from strikes on targets in the Philippines.