Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. SHN612 Battle Attack by David Pritchard

Battle Attack by David Pritchard Morning of the 24th may 1940

will likely be enough to penetrate the hulls of the ships

and two Presidential Unit Citations

Tender Moments by Thomas Newman

landed with the first wave at Utah beach

Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. SHN612 Battle Attack by David PritchardSTK0072. Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. On July 24, 1945, Air Group 87 on board the USS Ticonderoga was informed that the Hyuga, anchored off a small island near Kure, Japan, would be its target. The ship, a WW I vintage battleship which had been modernized in 1936, and later converted to part battleship and part sea plane tender, would be a formidable objective with its impressive firepower and the fact that its location would place the attackers