Periscope view of the 8,000-ton Tatsuno Maru loaded with gasoline moments after being torpedoed and set afire by USS Thresher in the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, 15 Jan 1944.
Periscope view of the 8,000-ton Tatsuno Maru loaded with gasoline moments after being torpedoed and set afire by USS Thresher in the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, 15 Jan 1944.


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