
Caption | Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in background ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | NH 75483 | ||||||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Addison Leedom says:
12 Jun 2016 07:07:34 PM
What is the horizontal device over the deck on the stern of Kaga?
12 Jun 2016 07:07:34 PM
What is the horizontal device over the deck on the stern of Kaga?
3. Kevin G says:
28 Oct 2016 08:52:28 PM
Kaga was equipped with a double-decker elevator.
The upper piece "filled the gap" when the elevator was lowered.
It doesn't show up in many photos.
28 Oct 2016 08:52:28 PM
Kaga was equipped with a double-decker elevator.
The upper piece "filled the gap" when the elevator was lowered.
It doesn't show up in many photos.
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Famous WW2 Quote
"We no longer demand anything, we want war."Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939
29 Apr 2010 05:50:19 PM
Japanese Aircraft Carrier Kaga moves through heavy N.Pacific seas, towards Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii Dec. 7,1941.
Carrier on right of Kaga is the Zuikaku, the
original film was found on Kiska 1943.