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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-325952

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944


Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb near her forward 460mm gun turret, during attacks by U.S. carrier planes as she transited the Sibuyan Sea.
This hit did not produce serious damage.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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12 May 2000