IJN Yamato

Yamato and a heavy cruiser, possibly Tone or Chikuma, in action in the battle off Samar. The photo was taken from an aircraft from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). There are three or four U.S. Navy planes visible, one is under fire in the foreground. Date 25 October 1944

image: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation

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