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DescriptionYamato1944.jpg
English: A photo taken of the Japanese battleship Yamato in Japan during the final months of her career, displaying freshly installed type 96 25 mm anti aircraft guns on the amidships portion of the deck. The photo also shows her tower mast and gun turrets. This is one of the few known photographs of Yamato in her more famous 1945 appearance as opposed to when she still had wing mounted secondary batteries installed.
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Imperial Japanese Navy Photograph Archive
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