American cargo ship hit by German planes

From the deck of a Coast Guard manned transport, a Coast Guard photographer captured these shots of an American cargo ship hit by German dive bombers in an air raid on a convoy during the Invasion of Sicily. Fire, started by bombs dropped amidships, spread rapidly to the ship's munitions supply, which exploded to form dangerous though picturesque patterns across the Mediterranean.

3726 x 2993 px (32 x 25 cm) @ 300 DPI