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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 95544

Battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944


Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku dead in the water, listing and afire (center), at about 1400 hrs., 25 October, following the day's third attack on the Japanese force.
Ship maneuvering at right is the battleship Ise.
Photographed from a USS Enterprise (CV-6) plane.

Copied in 1985 from an original print in the USS Enterprise report of the action.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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16 May 2000