BADLY DAMAGED
U.S. BATTLESHIP DURING PEACE TALKS
GUAM, August 23.
The Navy announced that a Japanese plane torpedoed and'heavily damaged the battleship Pennsylvania during the surrender negotiations. Twenty of the crew were killed. The plane, which escaped, had swept in on a low sneak run and opened a gaping hole in the starboard side of the battleship. Magazines were damaged but did not explode. Most of the casualties occurred below, in the navigation compartment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 48, 25 August 1945, Page 7
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