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Photo # 80-G-351754:  Japanese cruiser Aoba sunk at Kure, Japan, 9 October 1945

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- JAPANESE NAVY SHIPS --

Aoba (Cruiser, 1927-1945) --
Sunk at Kure, Japan, 1945


This page features views of and board the Japanese cruiser Aoba, during and after her loss in July 1945.

For other images related to the Japanese cruiser Aoba, see:

  • Aoba (Japanese cruiser, 1927-1945).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 97734

    Aoba
    (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1927)

    Vertical aerial photograph of the ship and nearby buildings and terrain at Nabe, near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan. Taken from a USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) plane during air attacks on 28 July 1945.
    Smoke is coming from under Aoba's bridge, to starboard, where she had been hit by a carrier plane's bomb. Large hole in her stern is from direct hits made by USAAF B-24 bombers.

    The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 158KB; 550 x 630 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97737

    Aoba
    (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1927)

    Resting on the bottom near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan, 12 October 1945. She had been sunk in air attacks in July 1945.

    The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-351754

    Aoba
    (Japanese heavy cruiser, 1927)

    View of the sunken ship, at Kure, Japan, 9 October 1945.
    She had been hit by air attacks on 24 and 28 July 1945, resulting in her loss. Note the large hole in her port side shell plating, forward, caused by a 500-pound bomb that penetrated her forecastle during the 24 July attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft.

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

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 97736

    Aoba
    (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1927)

    Resting on the bottom near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan, 12 October 1945. She had been sunk in air attacks in July 1945.

    The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97735

    Aoba
    (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1927)

    On the bottom near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan, circa late 1945. She had been sunk in air attacks in July 1945.

    The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97738

    Aoba
    (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1927)

    View looking aft from the bow, as the ship was resting on the bottom near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan, 12 October 1945. She had been sunk in air attacks in July 1945.
    Note her twin 20cm gun turrets and other details of deck and superstructure. Small tree branches around the deck edge are the remains of an attempt to camouflage the ship.

    The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-351758

    Aoba
    (Japanese heavy cruiser, 1927)

    View on the the sunken ship's forecastle, at Kure, Japan, 9 October 1945.
    She had been hit by air attacks on 24 and 28 July 1945, resulting in her loss. Note the buckled deck plating, caused by a 500-pound bomb that exploded below during the 24 July attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft.
    Twigs around the deck edge are the remains of an attempt to camouflage the ship.

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

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-351755

    Aoba
    (Japanese heavy cruiser, 1927)

    Scene from alongside the sunken ship's port side, at Kure, Japan, 9 October 1945.
    This view looks up at the forward superstructure and bridge area, showing the main battery gun director, foremast, radar installations, a boat davit, and the forward smokestack.

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

    Online Image: 92KB; 600 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-351753

    Aoba
    (Japanese heavy cruiser, 1927)

    Scene on board the sunken ship, just offshore at Kure, Japan, 9 October 1945.
    This view looks aft from the forward gun director platform, showing smokestacks, anti-aircraft gun positions, mainmast, aircraft handling deck and after 20cm twin gun turret.

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

    Online Image: 135KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For other images related to the Japanese cruiser Aoba, see:

  • Aoba (Japanese cruiser, 1927-1945).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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