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Undated - Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho is shown in a center. Taiho was laid down on 10 July 1941, launched almost two years later on 7 April 1943 and finally commissioned on 7 March 1944. She was sunk on 19 June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea after suffering a single torpedo hit from the American submarine USS Albacore. (Photo by Kingendai Photo Library/AFLO)