File:Torpedoed Japanese destroyer Harusame off Wewak on 24 January 1943.jpg

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The Japanese destroyer Harusame, photographed through the periscope ot the U.S. Navy submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusame's back is clearly broken, but she was repaired and returned to service despite this heavy damage.

Wartime intelligence evaluated this photo as showing one of the Asashio-class (see Photographic Intelligence Report # 82, 17 March 1943). However, the ship's bridge structure identifies her as a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, with the # 2 (single) 5 gun mount removed.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-35738 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current10:55, 8 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 10:55, 8 October 20165,664 × 4,386 (8.59 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
21:45, 24 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:45, 24 March 2007740 × 581 (79 KB)Editor at Large (talk | contribs)Losslessly cropped caption bar
22:12, 9 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:12, 9 February 2006740 × 605 (83 KB)Wwoods (talk | contribs)Harusame (Japanese destroyer, 1937-1944) Periscope photograph, taken from USS Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusame's back is clearly broken, but she was repaired and returned to

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