page_title: List of shipwrecks in January 1943
section_title: 24 January
hierarchical_section_title: List of shipwrecks in January 1943 / 24 January
caption_attribution_description: The Japanese destroyer Harusame, photographed through the periscope ot the U.S. Navy submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusame's back is clearly broken, but she was repaired and returned to service despite this heavy damage. Wartime intelligence evaluated this photo as showing one of the Asashio-class (see Photographic Intelligence Report # 82, 17 March 1943). However, the ship's bridge structure identifies her as a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, with the # 2 (single) 5 gun mount removed.
context_page_description: The list of shipwrecks in January 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1943.
caption: Harusame after attack by USS Wahoo, photographed through Wahoo's periscope
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