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Description80-G-288868 Japanese cruiser NACHI.jpg
English: Title: Japanese cruiser NACHI
Caption: Dead in the water and sinking, following air attacks by Navy planes, in Manila Bay, 5 November 1944. A destroyer of the FUBUKI class is in the background. Taken by a USS LEXINGTON plane. Note: Destroyer is either AKEBOND or USHIO.
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Naval History and Heritage Command
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Presumed official USN or IJN photographer
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