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| Strike photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing an attack on the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 18 Jul 1945. Note bomb splashes. | Aerial photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing the Japanese battleship Nagato off the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945 | Post-war photo of a TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron VT-27 from the aircraft carrier USS Independence flying over the Japanese battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945 | Battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, 1946; note heavily damaged superstructure and the American flag at bow |
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