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80-G-315257 USS Bowers

Photo #: 80-G-315257 USS Bowers
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Title: USS Bowers
Description: (DE-637) Arriving in the Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, under her own power after being hit by a Kamikaze on 16 April 1945. Wreckage of the plane, a Nakajima Ki-43 (Oscar), can be seen embedded in the the ship's bridge face. Note Bowers' very unusual paint, with traces of Camouflage Measure 31 or 32, Design 16D, showing through Camouflage Measure 22. See Photo # 80-G-162037 for a plan of the Design 16D scheme's port side. The ship may have been undergoing repainting at the time she received this damage. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-315257
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