File:HMS King George V and USS Missouri (BB-63) underway off Japan on 16 August 1945 (80-G-455703).jpg

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English: The British Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V at sea off Japan in company with U.S. Third Fleet ships on 16 August 1945, the day after the Japanese government agreed to surrender. Just beyond King George V is the U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), with a British destroyer alongside. An Essex-class aircraft carrier is in the distance. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). The engine cowling and the part of the propeller of a Grumman F6F-5/-5N Hellcat of Night Fighting Squadron 91 (VF(N)-91) are visilbe in the foreground.
Date 16 August 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-08-16T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-455703
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-455703
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  • 2007-06-15 03:30 Remember the dot 740×585× (68 KB) losslessly cropped off caption using Jpegcrop
  • 2005-08-08 16:54 SoLando 740×610× (73 KB) reuploaded to original pic' size.
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