U.S.S. Gambier Bay (CVE-73) / The Final Hour by C.G. Evers

Dye-colored splashes of shells fired by Japenese battleships straddle the escort carrier on 25 October 1944, during the battle of Leyte Gulf. 

Commissioned by the U. S. Naval Institute to commemorate the men of the
U.S.S. Gambier Bay/VC-10.  

Donated to the United States Naval Air Museum October 25, 1979.

At this time, copies of the Final Hour are no longer available.

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