File:Pearl harbor attack Japanese recon photo of battleship row 80G30552.jpg

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English: Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row" at Pearl Harbor, beside Ford Island, soon after USS Arizona was hit by bombs and her forward magazines exploded. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft.

Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada; USS Arizona (burning intensely) with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; and USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma capsized alongside.
Smoke from bomb hits on Vestal and West Virginia is also visible.

Japanese inscription in lower left states that the photograph has been reproduced under Navy Ministry authorization.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 50932.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
  2. It was photographed before 1 January 1947.
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current21:11, 6 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:11, 6 February 20153,187 × 2,237 (3.6 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
07:59, 6 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 07:59, 6 September 2006725 × 527 (41 KB)Makthorpe (talk | contribs){{en| Battleship row recon photo, Pearl Harbor attack. Captured photo with Japanese Caption: "The force of enemy ships on the Northwest side of Ford Island destroyed by our violent attack. The enemy vessels moored on the northeast side of Ford island o

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