File:Ise class BB during Battle off Cape Engano 1944.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-51, with battle damage visible on its wing, flies over a Japanese Ise-class battleship and a destroyer during the Battle off Cape Engaño. VT-51 flew from the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30).
According to The Maru Special No.12 the battleship should be Ise and destroyer Shimotsuki
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.258.002; Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-284705 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy
Other versions File:HIJMS Shimotsuki-1944.jpg

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current19:17, 11 August 2016Thumbnail for version as of 19:17, 11 August 20165,724 × 4,515 (10.02 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC photo
15:30, 6 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:30, 6 January 20111,861 × 1,355 (957 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF ''Avenger'' of Torpedo Squadron VT-51, with battle damage visible on its wing, flies over a Japanese ''Ise''-class battleship and a destroyer during the Battle of Cape Engaño. VT-5

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