SUNK JAPANESE WW2 CRUISER KISO Photo Print Shizuo Fukui Collection #19

Description

U.S.A. SHIPPING ONLY.
SUNK JAPANESE SHIP.
WORLD WAR 2.
CRUISER  KISO.
TYPED INFO IS ON A PIECE OF PAPER TAPED TO THE BACK.
THE STAMP IS UNDER THE PAPER.
Kiso
was the fifth and last of the five
Kuma
-class light cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese
Navy. On 13 November 1944, on the threat of American carrier strikes on Luzon,
Kiso
was ordered
to return to Brunei that evening carrying Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima. Before she could leave for
Brunei, she was attacked by more than 350 carrier planes. Three bombs hit
Kiso
to starboard -
one in the bow, one near her boiler rooms and one near her aft gun mounts.
Kiso
sank in
shallow waters. 715 crewmen went down with the ship
Stamped Photographic Print
From The Shizuo Fukui Collection
.
Imperial Navy Lt Commander
Fukui Shizuo
, 1913-1993) was a Japanese author,
photographer, editor, and Imperial Japanese Naval and Japanese Coast Guard
Major technician, most famous for his comprehensive books of all combatant
vessels and minor miscellaneous vessels in the Japanese Navy.
MEASURES ABOUT 3 1/2 X 5 1/2 INCHES.
MAY SHOW A LITTLE AGE, LIGHT SOILING & SOME WEAR.
HAS WEAR TO THE CORNER TIPS.
PICTURED IS THE ITEM THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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BEFORE
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7
% STATE SALES TAX.
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5
DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE.