SUNK JAPANESE WW2 DESTROYER SHIRAYUKI Photo Print Shizuo Fukui Collection #9

Description

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SUNK JAPANESE SHIP.
WORLD WAR 2.
DESTROYER SHIRAYUKI.
Shirayuki
(
"White Snow"
) was the second of twenty-four
Fubuki
-class
destroyers,
built for the Imperial Japanese Navy . During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 1–4 March,
Shirayuki
was flagship for Rear Admiral Masatomi Kimura, leading a troop convoy from Rabaul
to Lae. In an Allied air attack on 3 March, a skip-bomb exploded in her aft magazine, severing her stern.
Stamped Photographic Print
From The Shizuo Fukui Collection
.
Imperial Navy Lt Commander
Fukui Shizuo
, 1913-1993) was a Japanese author,
photographer, editor, and Imperial Japanese Naval and Japanese Coast Guard
Major technician, most famous for his comprehensive books of all combatant
vessels and minor miscellaneous vessels in the Japanese Navy.
MEASURES ABOUT 3 1/2 X 5 1/2 INCHES.
MAY SHOW A LITTLE AGE, LIGHT SOILING & SOME WEAR.
HAS WEAR TO THE CORNER TIPS.
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