
Caption | Yamato exploded, 7 Apr 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||||||
Identification Code | NH 62579 | |||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Apr 1945 | |||||||||
Photos at Same Place | East China Sea, Pacific Ocean | |||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||
Added Date | 7 Sep 2006 | |||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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20 Oct 2012 08:05:14 PM
PHOTO TAKEN FROM US NAVY AIRCRAFT, AS YAMATO EXPLODED TEN MIES AWAY! AT WARS END THE JAPANESE DESTROYED DRAWINGS, BLUEPRINTS AND OTHER MATERIAL ABOUT YAMATO'S CONSTRUCTION.
DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY ONLY A FEW WARTIME PHOTOS SURVIVE, WITH OTHER DATA THAT WAS CAPTURED BY THE US AT WARS END.