File:Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma sinking on 6 June 1942 (80-G-414422).jpg

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A.D. Brick or CP(PA) J.S. Mihalovitch, USN
Description
English: The Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, photographed from a USS Enterprise (CV-6) Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless during the afternoon of 6 June 1942, after she had been bombed by planes from Enterprise and USS Hornet (CV-8). Note her shattered midships structure, torpedo dangling from the after port side tubes and wreckage atop her number four 203 mm gun turret.
The photo flight was led by Lt(jg) E.J. Kroeger, A-V(N), USNR, of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) with photographer Mr. A.D. Brick of Fox Movietone News in a SBD-3 of VB-3 ("3-B-10"). Kroeger was accompanied by Lt.(jg) C.J. Dobson of Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) and photographer CP(PA) J.S. Mihalovitch in SBD "6-S-18".
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Camera location29° 28′ 00.01″ N, 173° 10′ 59.95″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
Date 6 June 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-06-06T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
Accession number
80-G-414422
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-414422

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29°28'0.01"N, 173°10'59.95"E

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current18:55, 30 March 20165,724 × 4,501 (8.07 MB)Cobatfornew NHHC file
09:30, 18 September 2006740 × 568 (87 KB)Raul654Removed in-pic caption
09:00, 23 May 2006740 × 590 (96 KB)UlflarsenCaption: Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, photographed from a USS Enterprise (CV-6) SBD aircraft during the Battle of Midway, after she had been bombed by planes from Enterprise and USS Hornet (CV-8). Note her shattered midships structure, torpedo dangling

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