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| Japanese cruiser Mogami running trials off Sukumo Bay, Japan, 20 Mar 1935 | Cruisers in Ise Bay, Japan, summer 1938; from front to back: Mogami, Mikuma, and Kumano |
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| Mogami with damaged bow, Pacific Ocean, 6 Jun 1942; note Japanese national flag on top of turret (which helped identify Mogami in this photograph) and tanker Nichiei Maru in background | Identification drawing of Japanese Mogami-class heavy cruiser as published in A503 FM30-50 booklet for identification of ships of the US Division of Naval Intelligence, Oct 1942 |
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| Cruiser Mogami passing through San Bernardino Strait, Philippine Islands, 15 Jun 1944; photo taken from cruiser Maya | Battleship Fuso and cruiser Mogami under aerial attack by American aircraft in Philippine waters, 24 Oct 1944 |
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