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Description Lot-2406-110: Japanese Shokaku class aircraft carrier under attack. This image is probably, Shokaku, under attack during the Battle of Coral Sea, on the morning of May 8, 1942, under attack by planes from USS Yorktown (CV 5). Note the similarities between this photograph and 80-G-17025, 17027/ 17030 /17031/ 17422. Shokaku participated in the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands (Oct 42) until being sunk by USS Cavalla (SS 244) at the Battle of Philippine Sea on 19 June 1944. Halftone copy from the files of the Department of Naval Intelligence, June 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/12).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/26990845205 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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