Damaged Japanese battleship Yamato underway with a destroyer on 7 April 1945 (NH 62585)

Operation "Ten-Go": The Japanese battleship Yamato listing to port and down at the bow, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945. One of her escorting destroyers is at left.
The original photo caption reads: "Japanese battleship Yamato lists to port (at right) just prior to VT-9 (USS Yorktown) torpedo attack, 7 Apr. 1945. She is making 10 to 15 knots. A Japanese destroyer cruises ahead." (Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN).