File:Japanese cruiser Aoba aerial photo 28 July 1945.jpg

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English: Vertical aerial photograph of Japanese cruiser Aoba and nearby buildings and terrain at Nabe, near the Kure Navy Yard, Japan. Taken from a USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) plane during air attacks on 28 July 1945. Smoke is coming from under Aoba's bridge, to starboard, where she had been hit by a carrier plane's bomb. Large hole in her stern is from direct hits made by USAAF B-24 bombers.
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Photo #: NH 97734

The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files.
Author U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph

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