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Strike photo taken from planes flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing bombs strikes and near misses on the Japanese battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippine Islands, 24 Oct 1944USS Intrepid launching a SB2C Helldiver during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 Oct 1944.
Strike photo taken from planes flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing bombs strikes and near misses on the Japanese battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippine Islands, 24 Oct 1944USS Intrepid launching a SB2C Helldiver during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 Oct 1944.
Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2
Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2
Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2A PT motor torpedo boat alongside USS Nashville off Tacaloban, Leyte, 25 Oct 1944 to take General MacArthur and his staff ashore to establish Army headquarters on Leyte. Nashville then departed for the Surigao Strait.
Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2A PT motor torpedo boat alongside USS Nashville off Tacaloban, Leyte, 25 Oct 1944 to take General MacArthur and his staff ashore to establish Army headquarters on Leyte. Nashville then departed for the Surigao Strait.
Akizuki, Kuwa, and Ise during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944Broken pieces of the engine from a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft that crashed through the flight deck of escort carrier USS Suwannee during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944.
Akizuki, Kuwa, and Ise during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944Broken pieces of the engine from a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft that crashed through the flight deck of escort carrier USS Suwannee during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944.
Carrier Zuiho damaged during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944; note battleship camouflage; as seen on page 68 of US Navy War PhotographsEscort Carrier USS Gambier Bay, Destroyer Escort USS Raymond, and another Destroyer Escort, elements of Taffy 3, laying smoke before engaging the Japanese Center Force in the Battle Off Samar, Oct 25, 1944.
Carrier Zuiho damaged during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944; note battleship camouflage; as seen on page 68 of US Navy War PhotographsEscort Carrier USS Gambier Bay, Destroyer Escort USS Raymond, and another Destroyer Escort, elements of Taffy 3, laying smoke before engaging the Japanese Center Force in the Battle Off Samar, Oct 25, 1944.
Hybrid battleship-carrier Ise under attack at Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944Ise firing during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944
Hybrid battleship-carrier Ise under attack at Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944Ise firing during Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944
Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944PT-321, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21 (MTBRon 21), picking up Japanese survivors in Surigao Strait, Philippines, 25 Oct 1944
Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944PT-321, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21 (MTBRon 21), picking up Japanese survivors in Surigao Strait, Philippines, 25 Oct 1944
San JacintoSB2C Helldivers of Bombing Squadron VB-19 on the deck of USS Lexington (Essex-class) being fitted with drop tanks for an extended mission to search for the fleeing Japanese fleet, 25 Oct 1944.
San Jacinto's VT-51 Avenger aircraft being armed with a Mark XIII torpedo for Battle off Cape EngaƱo, 25 Oct 1944SB2C Helldivers of Bombing Squadron VB-19 on the deck of USS Lexington (Essex-class) being fitted with drop tanks for an extended mission to search for the fleeing Japanese fleet, 25 Oct 1944.
Seki in flight gear, probably before his last flight on 25 Oct 1944Seki
Seki in flight gear, probably before his last flight on 25 Oct 1944Seki's special attack squadron took off among cheers, 25 Oct 1944
St Lo exploded after hit by bomb or special attack, possibly of Seki, 25 Oct 1944Tail section of a D4Y Suisei ā€˜Judyā€™ dive bomber that landed on the flight deck of Escort Carrier USS Kitkun Bay after being exploded in flight by intense anti-aircraft fire during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944
St Lo exploded after hit by bomb or special attack, possibly of Seki, 25 Oct 1944Tail section of a D4Y Suisei ā€˜Judyā€™ dive bomber that landed on the flight deck of Escort Carrier USS Kitkun Bay after being exploded in flight by intense anti-aircraft fire during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944

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