SUNK JAPANESE WW2 CRUISER KUMA Photo Print Shizuo Fukui Collection #15

Description

U.S.A. SHIPPING ONLY.
SUNK JAPANESE SHIP.
WORLD WAR 2.
CRUISER KUMA.
TYPED INFO IS ON A PIECE OF PAPER TAPED TO THE BACK.
THE STAMP IS UNDER THE PAPER.
Kuma
was the lead vessel of the five
Kuma
-class light cruisers built for the Imperial
Japanese Navy. On 10 January 1944, after departing from Penang
Kuma
was sighted
by a Royal Navy submarine that fired a seven-torpedo salvo.
Kuma
'
s lookouts spotted
the torpedoes' wakes, and although the rudder was sent hard over,
Kuma
was hit starboard
aft by two torpedoes, setting the ship on fire.
Kuma
sank detonating her own depth charges.
138 crewmen perished 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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INDIANA RESIDENTS ADD
7
% STATE SALES TAX.
PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN
5
DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE.