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The Americans

USS CABOT
(CVL-28)

USS ESSEX
(CV-9)

USS HANCOCK
(CV-19)

USS INTREPID
(CV-11)

 

The Japanese

The Kamikazes

A6M Zero

D4Y SUISEI

IJN Kumano

IJN Yasoshima

 

Narrated By

Marvin Scott

 

Historical Advisor

Michael Marmé, PH.D.
Fordham University,
New YORK, NY

 

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World War II
Multimedia Database

Nine Sisters

 

Torpedoes Head for IJN Yasoshima

IJN Yasoshima under attack by Task Force 38 torpedo planes, off Luzon on November 25, 1944. Tracks of two Mark 13 aerial torpedoes are visible. The torpedo about to hit Yasoshima's stern was dropped by Ensign D.V. Parker, of Torpedo Squadron 80 (VT-80), based on USS Ticonderoga (CV-14).
The original photograph was included in the Task Group 38.3 Action Report of December 24, 1944. Click on the image to enlarge.