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NH 62579 "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945

Photo #: NH 62579  "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
Title: "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
Description: Photo #: NH 62579 Ten-Go Operation, April 1945 The Japanese battleship Yamato explodes as she sinks, after receiving massive torpedo and bomb damage from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945. The original photo caption reads: A split-second shot of Yamato as she blew up. A red ball of flame envelops this mightiest of Japanese battleships, and a moment later it shoots like a comet to the clouds, 2000 feet high. Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 62579
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