Natori off Nagasaki, Japan, 1922Light cruiser Yura as seen on a post card, circa 1930sLight cruiser Kinu, 1931Light cruiser Nagara off Sasebo, Japan, 1932
Natori off Nagasaki, Japan, 1922Light cruiser Yura as seen on a post card, circa 1930sLight cruiser Kinu, 1931Light cruiser Nagara off Sasebo, Japan, 1932
Yura off Shanghai, China, 18 Aug 1937, photo 1 of 2Yura off Shanghai, China, 18 Aug 1937, photo 2 of 2Abukuma underway, circa 1941; note E7K1 floatplane on catapultJapanese light cruiser Isuzu hit by an aerial Mark XIII torpedo dropped from a TBF-1 Avenger flown by Lt(jg) E.F. Ternasky flying from USS Lexington (Essex-class), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943
Yura off Shanghai, China, 18 Aug 1937, photo 1 of 2Yura off Shanghai, China, 18 Aug 1937, photo 2 of 2Abukuma underway, circa 1941; note E7K1 floatplane on catapultJapanese light cruiser Isuzu hit by an aerial Mark XIII torpedo dropped from a TBF-1 Avenger flown by Lt(jg) E.F. Ternasky flying from USS Lexington (Essex-class), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943
Light cruiser Isuzu immediately after modification in Tokyo Bay off Yokohama, Japan, 1944Decommissioned submarines at Groton, Connecticut, United States, circa 1947; L to R: Archer-Fish, Flasher, Cobia, Croaker, Drum, and Cavalla
Light cruiser Isuzu immediately after modification in Tokyo Bay off Yokohama, Japan, 1944Decommissioned submarines at Groton, Connecticut, United States, circa 1947; L to R: Archer-Fish, Flasher, Cobia, Croaker, Drum, and Cavalla


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