File:Yamato hit by bomb.jpg

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English: Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944

Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb near her forward 460mm gun turret, during attacks by U.S. carrier planes as she transited the Sibuyan Sea.

This hit did not produce serious damage.

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24 October 1944

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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato-k.htm

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