#tablas strait

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Loading drop tanks on Curtiss SB2C Helldivers aboard USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) before a search mission.

Photographed on October 25, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-284381

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USS INTREPID (CV-11) photographed by Richard Shipman from the rear seat of an SB2C, after taking off to attack the Japanese Fleet in the Battle of Sibuyan Sea.

Photographed on October 24, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-2198

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"Japanese warships, including a Yamato-class battleship, maneuvering while under attack by Task Force 38 Aircraft, in the Tablas Strait, Philippines. One of the attacking planes shadow shows on a cloud above the Japanese ships."

Photographed on October 24, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-432481

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Air Group SB2C Helldiver of USS INTREPID (CV-11) on their return flight after the attack on the Japanese fleet.

Photographed by Richard Shipman, a photographer from INTREPID, from the back seat of a SB2C, on October 24, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-475.23

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Japanese Battleship Musashi (武蔵, Musashi Province) going down, during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea.

Date: October 24, 1944

Colorized by Irootoko Jr: link

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USS NEVADA (BB-36) anchored in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. USS TEXAS (BB-35) and an Escort Carrier in the distance.

Photographed sometime between June 8 and 21, 1945

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 45459, NH 45460