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Photo #: 80-G-88015

Battle of the Eastern Solomons
, 24 August 1942

The damaged and immobile Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo photographed from a USAAF B-17 bomber, during a high-level bombing attack on 24 August 1942. The destroyers Amatsukaze and Tokitsukaze had been removing her crew and are getting underway, one from a bow-to-bow position and the other from alongside.
Ryujo and one of the destroyers are visible at the bottom right of the image, along with the wake of the other destroyer. Two "sticks" of bombs are also visible in the upper right (five bombs) and the right center (four bombs).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 45KB; 640 x 675 pixels

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23 November 2001