File:HMS King George V and USS Missouri (BB-63) underway off Japan, 16 August 1945 (80-G-455703).jpg
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English: The British Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V at sea off Japan in company with U.S. Third Fleet ships on 16 August 1945, the day after the Japanese government agreed to surrender. Just beyond King George V is the U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), with a British destroyer alongside. An Essex-class aircraft carrier is in the distance. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). |
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| current | 16:35, 1 May 2021 | | 5,124 × 3,840 (5.88 MB) | Cobatfor | high-res file |
| 15:26, 29 April 2010 |  | 740 × 584 (134 KB) | Kingpin13 | clean up sky a little bit | |
| 14:51, 21 April 2010 |  | 740 × 584 (136 KB) | Kingpin13 | remove black object (hand?) from top left corner. | |
| 16:35, 9 April 2007 |  | 740 × 584 (66 KB) | Editor at Large | Losslessly cropped caption bar | |
| 19:44, 27 August 2005 |  | 740 × 610 (73 KB) | Brattås | '''British battleship King George V''' Off japan 16 August 1945 {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} '''Orginal link :''' [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g450000/g455703.jpg http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g450000/g455703.jpg] <br> '''Sou |
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