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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 73054

I-68

(Japanese Submarine, 1933-1943)

Underway in March 1934, probably during her trials.
This submarine was renamed I-168 in May 1942. She torpedoed USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 6 June 1942, causing damage that led to the carrier's sinking the following morning.

Donation of Kazutoshi Hando, 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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25 February 1999