File:Japanese warship under attack in the Visayan Sea on 26 October 1944.jpg

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Description Battle of Leyte Gulf, 26 October 1944: Gun camera photo of a Japanese warship under air attack, south of Masbate, Philippines, on 26 October 1944. The photo was taken by an aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Sangamon (CVE-26). Note this may be possibly the destroyer Uranami or the Nagara-class cruiser Kinu, both sunk on this day.
Date Taken on 26 October 1944
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-295054 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy. The photo was taken by an aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Sangamon (CVE-26).

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