File:Japanese destroyer sinking in Ormoc Bay 1944.jpg

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Description A Japanese destroyer burns and sinks off Leyte, Philippine Islands after being attacked by U.S. carrier planes, 11 November 1944. The destroyers Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze and Wakatsuki were sunk on that day in Ormoc Bay.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1987.096.001.068
Author U.S. Navy (plane from USS Yorktown (CV-10)).
Camera location10° 50′ 00″ N, 124° 31′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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