Keywords: Japanese destroyer sinking Nov 1944.jpeg A Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki burns off Leyte Philippine Islands after being attacked by U S carrier planes 11 November 1944 350 U S Navy aircraft sank the destroyers Hamanami Naganami Shimakaze and Wakatsuki and all the transports of a convoy 80 km north-east of Cebu Philippines 10 50N 124 35E http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 21596 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1987 096 001 068 1944-11-11 U S Navy The image is part of a scrapbook assembled by Commander Francis N Gilreath during his service as Flag Secretary and Aide to Rear Admiral Alfred E Montgomery PD-USGov-Military-Navy Battle of Leyte Wakatsuki ship 1943 |