Photo #: 80-G-88018 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 now underway, one from a bow-to-bow position and the other from alongside. Two "sticks" of bombs are faintly visible about one ship-length above the carrier's bow and stern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 51KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. Note: an enlargement of the central part of this image can be seen as Photo # 80-G-88018 (cropped). |
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23 November 2001