The heavy cruiser IJN Atago was the flagship of VAdm. Takeo Kurita?òs Center Force as it was passing through the Palawan Passage. She was sunk by the submarine USS Darter (SS-227) on the morning of 23 October 1944.
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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