Sea Victory: Second Battle of the Philippines
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Sea Victory: Second Battle of the Philippines
Diagram of Doom for Jap Fleet
June 18-20, 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 RC: TRX 11669
inscribed in crayon on recto RC: X with a circle drawn around it
inscribed in pencil on verso TC: Diagram of Doom for Jap Fleet/
second battle [cancelled]
inscribed in pencil on verso LC: TRX-11669
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: TRX-11669 (OOR46986)/
SEA VICTORY: SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES - The wake of a fleeing Japanese/ ship etches a gigantic question mark in the waters of Tablas Strait as it vainly/
dodges the aerial attack of the Navy planes from Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet/
and Vice Admiral Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet in the Second Battle of the Philippines./ The wakes of other Japanese hips [sic] can be seen as [illegible] the shadow of one of the Navy/ attacking planes. In this action, approximately sixty enemy ships were sunk./
(This is print No. 114 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 RC: X with a circle drawn around it
inscribed in pencil on verso TC: Diagram of Doom for Jap Fleet/
second battle [cancelled]
inscribed in pencil on verso LC: TRX-11669
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: TRX-11669 (OOR46986)/
SEA VICTORY: SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES - The wake of a fleeing Japanese/ ship etches a gigantic question mark in the waters of Tablas Strait as it vainly/
dodges the aerial attack of the Navy planes from Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet/
and Vice Admiral Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet in the Second Battle of the Philippines./ The wakes of other Japanese hips [sic] can be seen as [illegible] the shadow of one of the Navy/ attacking planes. In this action, approximately sixty enemy ships were sunk./
(This is print No. 114 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./
