#Cruiser Myōkō

[lonestarbattleship]

"A cluster of bombs from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress falls toward [the damaged Japanese Cruiser Myōkō (妙高, Mount Myōkō)], in Johore Strait, off the Naval Base at Singapore, Malay Peninsula."

Photographed on February 1, 1945.

Note: the ship's missing stern. This was damaged while en route to Japan for repairs from the torpedo damage she sustained during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. She made a stop at Cam Ranh Bay and torpedo was USS Bergall (SS-320) on December 13, 1944, which blew off part of her stern. She became a floating AA platform in Singapore due to lack of materials to repair her enough to continue to Japan.

NARA: 204835381

[captain-price-unofficially]

German Deutschland-class heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the background as Kriegsmarine sailors visit Japanese Myōkō-class heavy cruiser Ashigara at the end of May 1937.

[aiiaiiiyo]

Japanese cruiser Myōkō moored alongside two Japanese operated U-boats at Singapore following their surrender, 25 Sept 1945 [1280x852] Check this blog!

[zerokiller1628]

Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro comes under attack from U.S. carrier aircraft while at anchor during the Raid on Rabaul, November 2nd, 1943. Mere hours before she had taken part in the night battle of Empress Augusta Bay, where she and her sister Myōkō had escaped after clashing with American Task Force 39 and losing the light cruiser Sendai as well as the destroyer Hatsukaze. Haguro continued to be active during the latter years of the war, taking part in several fleet engagements and taking severe damage during the Battle off Samar in October 1944. In May of 1945, however, Haguro and the destroyer Kamikaze were ambushed at night by British destroyers in the Malacca Strait. In the final surface battle of the Second World War, Haguro was sunk after taking multiple torpedo hits and a hail of shellfire.

[captain-price-unofficially]

IJN Myōkō-class heavy cruiser Nachi maneuvering an effort to avoid being sunk by US Navy aircraft in Manila Bay on November 5th 1944

[aiiaiiiyo]

Japanese cruiser Myōkō on trials after her second modernization, 31 March 1941 [1600x1002] Check this blog!