File:ChikumaLeyte.jpg

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Description The Japanese cruiser Chikuma under aerial attack during Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The ship's stern has been severely damaged by a torpedo hit, but the ship's outboard propellers are still keeping her somewhat moving.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-287537, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Author USN (photographed from a U.S. Navy aircraft)

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current22:01, 7 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:01, 7 June 2011740 × 600 (324 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)caption bar cropped, levels
18:32, 1 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:32, 1 September 2006740 × 620 (101 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)Japanese cruiser ''Chikuma'' under aerial attack during Battle off Samar in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944. The ship's stern has been severely damaged by a torpedo hit, but the ship's outboard propellers are still keeping her somewhat moving.

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