Japanese ship Shoun Maru exploding after being aerial torpedoed

The textbook aerial torpedo hit and the explosions that followed would quickly send the mortally wounded Shoun Maru to an ocean grave.

June 23, 1944 - Sasanhaya Bay - Rota Island - Northern Marianas - Micronesia

U.S. National Archives photo #80-G-384151

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