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View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (bottom, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3

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Caption     View from a USAAF B-17 bomber of Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze (bottom, sailing at speed) and Tokitsukaze (right, slowly backing away from the carrier) evacuating crew of the disabled carrier Ryujo (center, immobile), Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Pacific Ocean
Date 24 Aug 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   80-G-88029
 
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Solomon Islands Campaign   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Ryujo   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photos in Series See all 3 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 24 Aug 1942
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 605 x 743 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Brooks Rowlett says:
24 Aug 2011 06:11:46 PM

I disagree with the caption. RYUJO was hit by bombs and a torpedo from SBDs and Avengers and was immobilized by progressive flooding. The high-level bombers clearly got no hits - you can see that from this picture. See the TROM here:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ryujo.htm

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