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Japanese Battleship/carrier Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) sunk At Kure Naval Base, Japan.
Photographed received on September 1, 1945
NARA: 193703651
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Japanese Battleship/carrier Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) sunk At Kure Naval Base, Japan.
Photographed received on September 1, 1945
NARA: 193703651
Japanese Battleship Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) anchored at Kure, Japan.
Photographed on December 4, 1940.
Kure Maritime Museum: link
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) on sea trials, after being converted into battleship/carrier.
Photographed on November 19, 1943.
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship/Carrier Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) under attack from airplanes of USS Lexington (CV-16) at Kure, Japan.
Date: July 24, 1945
Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-490154
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship/Carrier ISE (伊勢, Ise Province) under air attack at the west of the Ondo-no-seto, Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan.
Photographed from an aircraft of USS HANCOCK (CV-19) on July 24, 1945.
"In May, just before the end of the war, ISE was evacuated to the islands around Kure and used as an air defense battery. Due to repeated air raids, many of the ships moored in the same way were wrecked."
NNAM.1996.488.027.051, NNAM.1996.488.027.038
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship/Carrier Hyūga (日向, Hyūga Province) sunk in Kure, Japan, circa August to October 1945.
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship Ise (伊勢, Ise Province) underway and firing her main guns, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The photo was taken by a U.S. Navy plane from USS Essex (CV-9), near Cape Engaño, Palaui Island, Philippines.
Date: October 25, 1944.
USNNMNA: 1983.046.010.049, 1983.046.010.052
Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link
Japanese Battleship/Carrier Ise (伊勢, Ise Province) sunk in Kure Harbor, Japan.
Photographed by aircraft from USS ST. GEORGE (AV-16) and from USS MONTPELIER (CL-57), on October 14, 1945.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-349909, 80-G-351361
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Montpelier (CL-57) World War II cruise book: link