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Map of Japanese shipbuilding centers during World War II

U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avengers and Curtiss SB2C Helldivers assigned to Carrier Air Group 83 (CVG-83) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) dropping bombs on Hakodate, Japan, in July 1945.

The Japanese transports Hirokawa Maru and Kinugawa Maru beached and burning after a failed resupply run to Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942.

And sunk on Guadalcanal, where she was destroyed by U.S. forces in November 1942. Photographed in 1943-1944.

Japanese Merchant Vessel Yamazuki Maru

Kinugawa Maru (Japanese cargo ship) Beached and sunk on the Guadalcanal shore, November 1943. She had been sunk by U.S. aircraft on 15 November 1942, while attempting to deliver men and supplies to Japanese forces holding the northern part of the…

A Japanese freighter of about 4500 tons blows up during attacks by USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) planes on a convoy south of Camranh Bay, French Indochina, 12 January 1945. The ship was apparently carrying a cargo of gasoline or other highly flammable…

Japanese convoy under attack from USS LEXINGTON (CV-16), near Juinhon, French Indochina, 12 January 1945. These two ships are heading for the beach. Burning vessel is a tanker of about 2500 tons. The other is a freighter of about 4500 tons. Position:…

Ships and installations afire after aerial attack by carrier based planes of US Pacific fleet, 12 January 1945. Taken by plane from USS TICONDEROGA (CV-14)

A Japanese transport explodes after being hit by carrier plane bombs in Takao Harbor, Formosa, on 15 January 1945. Note concussion ring on water around ship. This ship is probably fast transport T-14.