
Caption | Battleship Fuso or Yamashiro under American air attack in Philippine waters, 24 Oct 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 24 Oct 1944 | |||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Added Date | 22 Dec 2010 | |||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Anonymous says:
4 Nov 2011 01:07:41 PM
I think the photo is upside down, and I agree with the previous poster, this is the Yamashiro.
4 Nov 2011 01:07:41 PM
I think the photo is upside down, and I agree with the previous poster, this is the Yamashiro.
3. Anonymous says:
14 Aug 2013 06:52:31 PM
The aft facing position of "C turret" would suggest that this is HIJMS Yamashiro.
14 Aug 2013 06:52:31 PM
The aft facing position of "C turret" would suggest that this is HIJMS Yamashiro.
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1 May 2011 05:37:06 PM
This is Yamashiro. Note the absence of the protrusion on the spine of the pagoda, which characterizes Fuso.