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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.

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26 September 2000