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SC 286587 Shisaka Yukikaze

Photo #: SC 286587 Shisaka Yukikaze
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Title: Shisaka Yukikaze
Description: Photo #: SC 286587 Shisaka (Japanese Escort Ship, 1945), at left, and Yukikaze (Japanese Destroyer, 1940) At Tokyo, Japan, on 26 May 1947, for display to representatives of the leading Allied powers. Both ships were used to repatriate Japanese nationals from overseas and had been stripped of their armament for this purpose. They were later transferred to the Chinese navy. Photographed by Kaye Calmus. Note that Yukikaze retains her external degaussing cables, which are attached to her hull below deck level. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: SC 286587
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