ORIG Ww2 Photo Blasted Sunk Japanese Destroyer Yanagi Torn Apart In Battle
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I used to collect photos and military documents, and I donated a huge amount to museums - the ones left over are duplicates or lessor-quality items than my donations. Passing on history:
4x5" photo of a ship called the Yanagi, an Imperial Japanese warship of the Destroyer class. This ship was one of the Matsu class, intended as a convoy escort, or DE. Many were built but only one was run aground near Manila, so I believe this is "Yanagi". From the looks of it, her forwar...d magazine has been blown, and the ship is mostly wreckage that somehow stayed beached. Rare image of vessels during wartime (taking such photos was usually not allowed). No caption on the back, nice photo, not a reprint.
4x5" photo of a ship called the Yanagi, an Imperial Japanese warship of the Destroyer class. This ship was one of the Matsu class, intended as a convoy escort, or DE. Many were built but only one was run aground near Manila, so I believe this is "Yanagi". From the looks of it, her forwar...d magazine has been blown, and the ship is mostly wreckage that somehow stayed beached. Rare image of vessels during wartime (taking such photos was usually not allowed). No caption on the back, nice photo, not a reprint.
