File:Diorama of USS Nautilus attacking japanese aircraft carrier.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Diorama_of_USS_Nautilus_attacking_japanese_aircraft_carrier.jpg(740 × 578 pixels, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Battle of Midway, June 1942

Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope. Nautilus thought she had attacked Soryu, and that her torpedoes had exploded when they hit the target. Most evidence, however, is that the ship attacked was Kaga, and that the torpedoes failed to detonate. The ship shown in this wartime diorama does not closely resemble either of those carriers.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-s/soryu.htm


Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:58, 29 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 11:58, 29 October 2005740 × 578 (139 KB)Igiveup (talk | contribs)Battle of Midway, June 1942 Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope. Nautilus thought she had

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata