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Caption | Yamato exploded, 7 Apr 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | East China Sea, Pacific Ocean | |||||||||
Date | 7 Apr 1945 | |||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||||||
Identification Code | NH 62579 | |||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Apr 1945 | |||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||
Photo Size | 740 x 584 pixels |
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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.