File:Explosion of the Japanese battleship Yamato, 7 April 1945 (NH 62584).jpg
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English: Operation "Ten-Go", 7 April 1945: Smoke rises to the clouds shortly after the Japanese battleship Yamato capsized, exploded and sank after receiving many bomb and torpedo hits from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa. Two escorting destroyers are visible to the left of the smoke. Photographed from a plane from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) (Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN). |
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| Date | 7 April 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NH 62584 |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo NH 62584 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 62584. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1] |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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| current | 20:32, 9 April 2020 | | 4,492 × 4,333 (7.45 MB) | wikimediacommons>Cobatfor | high-res file |
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