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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-33292

S.S. Shunko Maru
(Japanese Freighter, 1919)

Sinking in the central Pacific, after she was torpedoed by USS Skipjack (SS-184) on 14 October 1942. Photographed through Skipjack's periscope.
Shunko Maru's back appears to be broken, and her hull bears traces of pattern camouflage paint.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 59KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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23 March 2004