  | Book Details Title: Aircraft Carriers and Seaplane Carriers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; The Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui’s … (The Japanese Naval Warship Photo Albums) |
Book DescriptionAbout the Author The Kure Maritime Museum is located in Kure City, Hiroshima Province. It is also known as the Yamato Museum. The collection focuses on the people of Kure, culture and industries, primarily shipbuilding and steelmaking. The museum houses over 20,000 Imperial Japanese navy photos. Kazushige Todaka serves as Director of the Kure Maritime Museum. He is the coauthor of several books on the Japanese navy. Robert D. Eldridge is the author of dozens of books in English and Japanese on U.S.-Japanese relations, Okinawa and Japanese politics. He received a Ph.D. in political science from Kobe University. He resides with his family in Japan. Read more Customers Review:This book contains at least 1 photo of every Japanese A/C IN THE I.M.J.N. I especially liked the ones of .TaihoShe was on her maiden voyage in Philippine Sea.She caught a single torpedo and sank[bad vents and Aviation Gas]Also a nice shot of Shinano.and 2 aerial photos of the the above named ship ,shot by U.S.N.Now for the bad news.Shokaku was not sunk at Midway Island.Akagi, Kaga,Soryu and Hiryu were.Shokaku was sunk at LEYTE GULF as adecoy in ADM. Ozawa’s Northern Force. J….of….R xxx | |
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