Photo #: NH 62584
"Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
Smoke rises to the clouds shortly after the Japanese battleship
Yamato capsized, exploded and sank after receiving many
bomb and torpedo hits from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of
Okinawa, 7 April 1945. Escorting destroyers are visible to the
left of the smoke.
Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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