Title: Yahagi, April, 1945 Description: The sinking Japanese cruiser Yahagi (Agano Class, 6,652-tons), an oil slick spreading from her, lies dead in the water after being bombed and torpedoed by U.S. carrier-based planes in waters off Kyushu; the Yahagi had been ordered the previous day to accompany the Japanese battleship Yamato to attack the U.S. fleet at Okinawa in what was called Operation Ten-Go, which amounted to nothing more than a suicide mission; Date: April 7, 1945 Category: World War II Keywords: air attacks, aircraft carriers, aviation, bombers, bombings, cruisers, Japanese warships, Second World War, torpedoes, U.S. Navy, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1680 x 1251 (2.10 MPixels) (1.34) Print Size: 14.2 x 10.6 cm; 5.6 x 4.2 inches File Size: 6.02 MB (6,315,274 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010424 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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