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[Shinpachi]

Agreed, David.

One of Yamato's main turrets under building circa 1940.

Source: 戦艦 大和・武蔵 建造から就役、海戦、沈没までの実写画像まとめ - NAVER まとめ

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Great stuff shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

The IJN destroyer Amagiri.
This ship crashed JFK's PT boat in the early morning of August 2, 1943.

Source: 天霧【綾波型駆逐艦 五番艦】

Letter to JFK by Kohei Hanami
Former commander of the destroyer "AMAGIRI" dated September 15, 1952

"..... In one of the night battle in early August 1943, I sighted a bold enemy boat of small size was heading directly toward my destroyer of a larger type. Having no time to exchange gunfires as ships came so close to each other, my destroyer had to directly hit the enemy boat, slicing in two. To my great surprise this boat happened to be the P.T. boat which was under your command....."
Source: ケネディ下院議員にあてた花見元艦長の手紙

Lt Commander Kohei Hanami

Source: 町長と大統領 昨日の敵は今日の友 - さくらの花びらの「日本人よ、誇りを持とう」

 

[Wayne Little]

Yamato pics are excellent, the 1/10 scale model in Kure is a sight to behold...!

Great pics Shinpachi.

Some pretty wild weather happening in your area, stay safe mate.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Milosh]

Hamani was at Kennedy's inauguration.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[fubar57]

Great shots

 

[Shinpachi]

Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
This Roman style salute was still popular at the time and still is for the domestic games.
I wonder if it would be in 2020.

Source:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Q_-8kcwZg

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting stuff shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

An ordinary scene for one is not necessarily so for the other.
When in Rome.....

In Tokyo 2011

Source: 世界体操、東京で開幕／内村が選手宣誓 | 四国新聞社

In Okinawa 2013

Source: 選手宣誓を行うブロックヒン選手＝19日、市総合体育館 ｜ 宮古毎日新聞社ホームページ -宮古島の最新ニュースが満載！-

 

[Shinpachi]

The 73rd Anniversary of Hiroshima.

Recent Japanese younger leaders seem to prefer such a new phrase as "哀悼の誠を捧げます。(Aito-no makoto wo sasagemasu = I dedicate my sincere condolences)" to conventional "哀悼の意を表します。(Aito-no iwo hyoshimasu = I express my condolences)" since Abe began to use it a few years ago.

The former is more rhetorical than the latter but sounds unfamiliar and strange to the old generation like me. The latter would be enough if one feels true condolences.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Gift of Hitler - a U-511.
Renamed as Ro-500.

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Source: 日本海軍潜水艦 - 徒然なる戰藻錄

This is update.

In the postwar, the Ro-500 was sunk in the Wakasa Bay of Kyoto Prefecture facing to the Sea of Japan by the Allies but was discovered together with other 2 subs recently. A clue to identify was a hole on the bow.

A former crew of Ro-500, Shigeru Kosaka (92), was asked comment about this discovery on TV.
"I am neither sad nor glad. We were defeated by Americans and they sank it there. That was all for me. War is no good."

Ro-68, I-121 and Ro-500 in Wakasa Bay waiting for disposal in April 1946.

Ro-500 Bow.

Ro-500 on the seabed.

Shigeru Kosaka.

Source: Osaka MBS Mainichi.

 

[johnbr]

Japanese Navy battleship Mutsu.

 

[johnbr]

Battleships USS New York and USS Texas light up the New York City night sky, May 3rd 1939, during the New York World's Fair.
Vintage photographs of battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers.: 2013

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great shots!

 

[johnbr]

HMS Nelson
Probably late i

n the war (after her 1944 refit?) but definitely after her March 1942 refit (UP mounting replaced by an octuple pom-pom on "B" turret).

 

[johnbr]

Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Haguro during attack on Simpson Harbour, Rabaul, November 2nd 1943.