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Tone under air attack near Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Shangri-La aircraft	USS Mingo underway off San Francisco, California, United States, 25 Jul 1945

Chart of Indianapolis' final voyage	Indianapolis off Tinian, days before she was sunk, circa 26 Jul 1945

Light carrier USS Cabot steaming from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on her way to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 26 Jul 1945	Stern view of USS Sunfish off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Jul 1945

Aerial photo of Aoba near Kure, Japan, 28 Jul 1945; photograph taken by an aircraft from USS San Jacinto	Bombs and torpedoes from US Third Fleet carrier aircraft exploding around battleship Haruna, Kure Bay, Japan, 28 Jul 1945

Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Intrepid	Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Wasp (Essex-class)

Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking cruiser Oyodo, Etajima, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Wasp (Essex-class)	Hyuga sunken in shallow water, near Kure, Japan, 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Shangri-La aircraft

Ise burning, Kure, Japan, 28 Jul 1945	Ise burning, Kure, Japan, 28 Jul 1945

Admiral Bruce Fraser and another officer watching HMS Duke of York entering Sydney Harbour, Australia, 29 Jul 1945	USS Cero at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 30 Jul 1945

Admiral Bruce Fraser aboard HMS Duke of York, Guam, Aug 1945	British Royal Navy T-class destroyer, probably HMS Terpsichore (D48), sailing alongside USS Wasp (Essex-class) of US Navy Task Group 38.3 off Japan Aug 1945; note USS Randolph in background

Captured U-977 at Mar del Plata, Argentina, mid-1945	Crewmen of the USS Wasp (Essex-class) celebrate news of the war’s end by sunbathing on the flight deck off Japan, mid Aug 1945; days before this section of the flight deck was badly damaged in a typhoon.