Keywords: Japanese warship trying to escape from Truk in February 1944.jpg The Japanese light cruiser Katori underway in Truk Lagoon as seen from U S Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron Six VT-6 from USS Intrepid CV-11 on 16 February 1944 Katori was damaged by air attack and sunk the next day off Truk by the heavy cruisers USS New Orleans CA-32 USS Minneapolis CA-36 and the destroyers USS Radford DD-446 and USS Burns DD-588 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 20537 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2005 100 001 120 1944-02-16 PhoMC Edward F Dolezal U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Operation Hailstone Katori ship 1940 |