Jap carrier smoking from torpedo hit Her flight deck buckled by the force of an explosion of a torpedo hit and punctured...

Jap carrier smoking from torpedo hit Her flight deck buckled by the force of an explosion of a torpedo hit and punctured by bombs, this 'Zuiho'-class light carrier maneuvers violently to avoid further blows, while smoke from her aft deck bears evidence of the damage inflicted by Navy dive bombers. A Rising Sun flag flying from her side mast, she was caught off Luzon by Third Fleet planes on oktober 25, 1944, during the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. With the aid of cruisers and destroyers which closed in later, added the finishing touches to the sinking job shortly after this photograph was taken. Our airmaen were not deceived by the poor attempt to camouflage her deck as a battleship, for the white lines, used as landing aids. give her away as a carrier. This ship was one of four Jap carriers in the norhern enemy force, which Halsey's planes intercepted.