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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 62582
"Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
Japanese battleship Yamato blows up, following massive
attacks by U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April
1945. An escorting destroyer is at left.
Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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