Japanese Carrier
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Japanese Carrier
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TL: TRX 11667
inscribed in crayon on recto TC: caret with circle around it
inscribed in pencil on verso C: Bu Aer 284440/ TRX-11667
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: TRX-11667 (BuAer 284440-CinCPac 4954)
JAP CARRIER- Her flight deck buckled by the force of an explosion of a torpedo blow/ and punctured by bombs of a Navy dive bomber, this Zuiho-class Jap carrier maneuvers/ violently to escape further blows but she was sunk on October 24, 1944. Notice the/ Jap flag flying from the side mast./
(This is print No. 109 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum/ of Modern Art, New York City.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
inscribed in crayon on recto TC: caret with circle around it
inscribed in pencil on verso C: Bu Aer 284440/ TRX-11667
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: TRX-11667 (BuAer 284440-CinCPac 4954)
JAP CARRIER- Her flight deck buckled by the force of an explosion of a torpedo blow/ and punctured by bombs of a Navy dive bomber, this Zuiho-class Jap carrier maneuvers/ violently to escape further blows but she was sunk on October 24, 1944. Notice the/ Jap flag flying from the side mast./
(This is print No. 109 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum/ of Modern Art, New York City.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
