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Loss of Musashi

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Toshihira Inoguchi24 October 1944

Sibuyan Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Inoguchi commands Musashi through repeated bomb and torpedo attacks and goes down with the battleship after ordering the crew to abandon ship.

Names involved

Toshihira Inoguchi

Provenance

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