Photographed by Chief Photographer's Mate F.B. Gavin. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. A whaleboat from Nicholas is alongside the Japanese ship. Photographed by Chief Photographer's Mate F.B. Gavin. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Torpedoes are on board, and a derrick is rigged on deck aft.
TSL-24 was originally the Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura , completed in 1945 and transferred to the USSR in 1947. This is a halftoned image. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.