File:Yamato hit by bomb.jpg

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English: Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944

Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb near her forward 460mm gun turret, during attacks by U.S. carrier planes as she transited the Sibuyan Sea.

This hit did not produce serious damage.

Date

24 October 1944

Source

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato-k.htm

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