Keywords: Yamato off Samar.jpg The Japanese battleship Yamato and a heavy cruiser possibly Tone or Chikuma in action in the battle off Samar The photo was taken from an aircraft from USS Petrof Bay CVE-80 There are three or four U S Navy planes visible one is under fire in the foreground http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16047068 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2000 236 020; also U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g370000/g378525 jpg 80-G-378525 1944-10-25 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy ImageNote 1 797 1028 207 107 1816 1255 2 US plane under attack ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1205 774 98 64 1816 1255 2 US plane ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1376 601 100 68 1816 1255 2 US plane ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1076 490 70 75 1816 1255 2 US plane attacking Yamato ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 1221 1026 18 18 1816 1255 2 Shell splashes ImageNoteEnd 5 Battle off Samar Tone class cruiser Yamato ship 1941 |