Japanese battleship Yamato explodes, 7 April 1945 (NH 62579)
Summary
Operation "Ten-Go", 7 April 1945: The Japanese battleship Yamato capsizes and explodes sank after receiving many bomb and torpedo hits from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa.
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