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Japanese gunboat Tatara (former USS Wake, surrendered to the Japanese on 8 Dec 1941), Shanghai, China, late 1941; she was the only US warship to be surrendered to Japan in WW2

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Caption     Japanese gunboat Tatara (former USS Wake, surrendered to the Japanese on 8 Dec 1941), Shanghai, China, late 1941; she was the only US warship to be surrendered to Japan in WW2 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Shanghai, China
Date 31 Dec 1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Photos on Same Day 31 Dec 1941
 
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Licensing  This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957.

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 839 x 555 pixels



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1. Jbouts says:
9 Jun 2015 05:50:00 AM

That is the USS Wake captured at Shanghai 12/8/41

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