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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-284703 (cropped) Akizuki (Japanese destroyer, 1942-1944) Blows up during the early phases of Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944. The damage appears to involve an large and intense fire in the vicinity of the ship's torpedo tubes. This view is cropped from Photo # 80-G-284703. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 530 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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1 May 2002