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Japanese battleship, Yamato damaged by U.S. bombs, Oct. 25, 1944 – Historic Reproduction

Japanese battleship, Yamato damaged by U.S. bombs, Oct. 25, 1944, 1944 — historic photograph
Japanese battleship, Yamato damaged by U.S. bombs, Oct. 25, 1944, 1944. Historic photograph from the Battleships collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Japanese battleship, Yamato damaged by U.S. bombs, Oct. 25, 1944 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Japanese battleship, Yamato damaged by U.S. bombs, Oct. 25, 1944

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The caption identifies this view as the battleship Yamato after an attack by U.S. bombers on October 25, 1944. Yamato was the largest battleship ever built, with guns of 18.1-inch caliber, and was the flagship of Japan's Combined Fleet. The attack came during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when American carrier aircraft struck the Japanese fleet as it moved toward the Philippines. The record is an old caption-card entry that has not been independently verified, so the exact damage shown here is best read as the photographer's or captioner's account of that day.

Created / published1944
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,248 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107513

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