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| Japanese battleship Kirishima, carrier Kaga, and battleship Hiei at Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Kurile Islands, 23 Nov 1941 | Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in background |
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| Japanese B5N torpedo bomber crews posing before a B5N aircraft aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941 | Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima briefing his bomber crews on the Pearl Harbor attack aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941 |
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| Carrier Kaga as seen in US War Department Basic Field Manual FM 30-58, published on 21 Dec 1941 | Battle of Midway diorama by Norman Bel Geddes |
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| Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu under attack at Midway | Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of USS Nautilus' torpedo attack on carrier Kaga; note this war time depiction did not resemble Kaga |
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