Explosion of the Japanese battleship Yamato, 7 April 1945 (NH 62584)
Summary
Operation "Ten-Go", 7 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. Two escorting destroyers are visible to the left of the smoke.
Photographed from a plane from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) (Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN).
Tags
Date
07/04/1945
Source
Naval History and Heritage Command
Copyright info
Public Domain