The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea were a series of large-scale air raids by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 that sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperi
Japanese battleship Haruna under attack on 28 July
Tone under intense aerial attack by aircraft of USS Shangri-La, 24 July
Grounded hulk of Kaiyō being scrapped in Beppu Bay, 1946–1947
Amagi capsized in Kure harbor, 1946
Japanese battleship Hyūga
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Hyūga was the second and last Ise-class battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1910s. Although completed in 1918, she played no role in World War I. Hyūga supported Japanese forces
Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea
…Japanese targets. The attacks sank the aircraft carrier Amagi and the cruiser Ōyodo, which was acting as the Combined Fleet's flagship. The battleships Hyūga, Ise, and Haruna, the heavy cruisers Tone and Aoba, the outdated armored training cruisers Iwate and Izumo and the ex-battleship turned target ship…
Aerial view of Hyūga in 1927
American ship-recognition drawing of the Ise-class battleships before their conversion
Installation of a 35.6-centimetre gun in Hyūga's No. 4 gun turret
Hyūga shortly after completion