Title:
Carrier raid on Palau, March 1944.
Caption:
View of Koror Road and the channel entrance to Palau Harbor from the eastern side of the island, showing damage to Japanese shipping. Taken by a USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) plane on the early afternoon of 30 March 1944, during the first day of strikes. Numerals on photo note shipping present. From left to right, the extent of damage to the individual ships is as follows: 1. A large AO has been hit and is burning aft. This ship was sunk the following day; 2. A large AO is seen capsized and going down by the stern; 3. Stern of beached AK visible. Ship was beached, last seen with stern awash; 4. Medium AK apparently undamaged; later sortie shows this ship to have been sunk; 5. Small AO, burning and beached, lying stern to on beach and later seen to have been sunk in shallow water; 6. CVS or Repair Ship, burning heavily fore and aft, low in water; last photos show it to be on bottom in shallow water and sinking by the bow; 7. Small ore carrier, later shown with decks awash, down by stern; 8. Medium ore carrier last seen to be burning, listing badly to port, and down by the bow; 9. Large AO burned and sank in shallow water with an 80 degree list to starboard; 10. Large AO sunk, only bow protruding; 11. Small AK, sunk in later attacks; 12. Small AO beached stern to, and burned; 13. Large AO beached, down by stern; bomb bursts are one of the few of the known hits scored on this vessel; 14. Large AK capsized and sank; 15. Medium AO sunk with bow protruding; 16. Hospital ship undamaged during entire raid. The remainder of the ships in this area not visible in this photograph suffered a proportional amount of damage. In upper right are installations on Malakal Island, which are burning from hits received.
Description:
Photo from C.T.G. 58.3 report, serial 0043 4/8/44, in the Operational Archives Section, Naval Historical Center.
Catalog #:
NH 77173
Copyright Owner:
Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator:
Original Date:
Thu, Mar 30, 1944
After this Year:
1940
Before this Year:
1949
Original Medium:
BW Photo
