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Yamato-class battleship under attack in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 (S-475.11)
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Yamato-class battleship under attack in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 (S-475.11)

The Japanese fleet maneuvering while under attack by U.S. Navy aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944. The ship at the bottom center is a Yamato-class battleship. The photo was taken by Richard Shipman, a photographer from the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11), from the back seat of an Curtiss SB2C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 18 (VB-18). Aircraft from VB-18 attacked both Yamato and Musashi at around 1030 hrs.

Date
1944-10-24
Photographer / author
Richard Shipman, U.S. Navy
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
2,683 × 3,431 pixels

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"Yamato-class battleship under attack in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 (S-475.11)" (1944-10-24). Richard Shipman, U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamato-class_battleship_under_attack_in_the_Sibuyan_Sea,_24_October_1944_(S-475.11).jpg

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