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FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Makin Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 1945; it was the last launch before the escort carrier was converted to a troop transport	Hyuga in shallow water, near Kure, Japan, 1945

Ise sunken in shallow water, Kure, Japan, Oct 1945	Ise sunken in shallow water, Kure, Japan, Oct 1945

Ise sunken in shallow water, Kure, Japan, Oct 1945	Iwate sunken at Kure, Japan, Oct 1945; photo taken by USS Siboney aircraft

Japanese cruiser Myoko, Japanese submarine I-501 (former German U-181), and Japanese submarine I-502 (former U-862) at Singapore, circa late 1945	Kairyu-class submarine at a Japanese port, circa Oct-Dec 1945; copied from the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 130, fig 145

Kairyu-class submarine at a Japanese port, circa Oct-Dec 1945; copied from the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 134, fig 153	Liberty Ship IX-229 Inca/IX-227 Gamage aground in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Oct 1945; note a floating drydock nearby and another Liberty Ship in distance

Nagato at anchor, Yokosuka, Japan, late 1945	Plankowner officers of USS Columbia at the ship's bridge, late 1945.

Rear Admiral Thomas Stettle hosting a Communist Chinese general and his officers aboard USS San Francisco, China, circa Sep-Nov 1945	Ryuho at Kure, Japan, 1945; note damage to elevators and bulged flight deck

Shinyo special attack boat being tested by US Army Lieutenant Colonel James Doyle, late 1945	Sketch inboard profile plans of Kaiten Type 1 and Type 2 submarines, 1945

Sketch inboard profile plans of Kaiten Type 4 and Type 10 submarines, 1945	The 6-cyl diesel engine of a Koryu type submarine, looking aft, Oct-Dec 1945, copied from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 118, fig 128

Torpedo room of a Koryu type submarine, looking forward, Oct-Dec 1945, copied from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7, Jan 1946, pg 139, fig 158	USS DD-224, Japan, circa fall 1945