Photo #: 80-G-284708 Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944 Arming a Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51) TBM torpedo bomber on USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), 25 October 1944. Probably taken before the squadron's planes attacked the Japanese carrier force. Torpedo is a Mark 13, fitted with wooden water-entry shrouds around its nose and tail. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 540 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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26 September 2000