File:Yamazuki Maru wreck Guadalcanal 1944.jpg
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| Description | Wreck of the Japanese transport Yamazuki Maru on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in 1944. Yamazuki Maru was beached near Veuru (Tassafaronga Point) on 15 November 1942 and immediately after daybreak destroyed by U.S. aircraft, field artillery and the destroyer USS Meade (DD-602). On 30 July 1944 the wreck was used as a target for tests of the TDR drone by STAG-1 based at North Field on Banika. The photo was taken after the tests. The ship was finally scrapped in the 1950s. |
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| Source | Guadalcanal b/w Photos 1943-45 photo [1] |
| Author | Lt. Robert Porter, U.S. Army Signal Corps |
| Other versions | frame cropped |
![[1]](http://guadalcanal.homestead.com/2008photos/porter/yamaura_maru_on_the_beach_1944.jpg){kind=link}
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| current | 19:39, 9 May 2012 | | 765 × 573 (205 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Wreck of the Japanese transport ''Yamazuki Maru'' on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in 1944. ''Yamazuki Maru'' was beached near Veuru (Tassafaronga Point) on 15 November 1942 and immediately after daybre... |
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