The Jason moored alongside the USS Hancock in Ulithi Harbor on 26 January 1945
to effect repairs to damage resulting from an exploded bomb. The Bomb exploded on the flight deck and severely damaged the gallery deck. the explosion blasted a hole thirty
feet wide and forty feet long, rupturing and distorting deck plating, longitudinals, and
tranverse beams. The blast also severely damaged the armored bulkheads at frames 89
and 93 and partitions in the area. The accompaning Photographs which were
taken after the debris had been cut away and removed show the progress of repairs at
various stages. The longitudinal and tranverse beams, steel deck plating and deck planking of the flight deck was renewedover an area of 30 ft in width and sixty feet
in legnth. It was necessary to replace an additional 1,000 square feet of flight deck
planking which had been torn, splintered and burned in the surrounding area. Beams
and deck plating in an area twenty by forth five feet on the gallery deck were also
replaced. The two armored bulkheads at frame 89 and 93 were entirely renewed.
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