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Caption | USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan. ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Pacific Ocean | |||||||
Date | 27 Aug 1945 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 27 Aug 1945 | |||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Photo Size | 2,686 x 2,138 pixels |
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