#War in photos# Fuso was shot! At 9:18 a.m. on October 24, 1944, bombs dropped by the dive bombers of the USS Franklin hit the aft deck of the battleship Fuso. The bomb exploded after being put on top and detonated nearby storage of depth charges and aviation fuel, and the catapult and seaplane were destroyed, and the fire lasted more than an hour. Another bomb hit the hull near the main turret of the Second, killing all the people of the First Secondary Gun.
Although the Americans had done their best to save the Fuso, they could not stop her from destiny. The Fuso stubbornly wounded and was buried in the Surigao Strait in the early hours of the next morning with her sister ship Yamashiro.
By the way, the Shimofuso is famous for its tall, messy and incongruous bridges, and is often jokingly referred to as an illegal building.
