File:Damaged Japanese battleship Yamato underway with a destroyer on 7 April 1945 (NH 62585).jpg

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English: Operation "Ten-Go": The Japanese battleship Yamato listing to port and down at the bow, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945. One of her escorting destroyers is at left.
The original photo caption reads: "Japanese battleship Yamato lists to port (at right) just prior to VT-9 (USS Yorktown) torpedo attack, 7 Apr. 1945. She is making 10 to 15 knots. A Japanese destroyer cruises ahead." (Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN).
Date 7 April 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-04-07T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 62585
Source U.S. Navy photo NH 62585

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 62585.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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