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A view of the
Japanese destroyer
Yamakaze
through the periscope of the submarine
USS
Nautilus
, after being
torpedoed
approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km) southeast of
Yokosuka
, Japan. The
Shiratsuyu
-class destroyer
, which had been traveling independently from
Ōminato
towards the
Inland Sea
, sank with all hands.
Yamakaze
had previously been involved in battles at
Tarakan
(1942),
Java Sea
(1942), and
Midway
(1942), sinking one submarine and assisting in the sinking of two ships.
Photograph:
United States Navy
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