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Description
English: The Japanese battleship Musashi - hit by 17 bombs and 19-20 torpedoes - tipping by the bow minutes before sinking at the battle of Leyte Gulf, taken from the destroyer Isokaze
Date
Source Imperial Japanese Navy Photograph Archive
Author Lieutenant Tobei Shiraishi

Licensing

Public domain
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  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
  2. It was photographed before 1 January 1947.
It is also in the public domain in the United States because its copyright in Japan expired by 1970 and was not restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
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Captions

The Japanese battleship Musashi - hit by 17 bombs and 19-20 torpedoes - tipping by the bow minutes before sinking at the battle of Leyte Gulf, taken from the destroyer Isokaze

Items portrayed in this file

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Japanese battleship Musashi

inception

24 October 1944

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647 pixel

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1,024 pixel

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