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A photograph of the wreck of the Japanese transport ship Kinugawa Maru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The ship was beached and then destroyed by US forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-3) of the Pacific War in the Second World War (1939-45).
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Navy, U. (2026, August 13). Kinugawa Maru, Guadalcanal. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22034/kinugawa-maru-guadalcanal/
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Navy, US. "Kinugawa Maru, Guadalcanal." World History Encyclopedia, August 13, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22034/kinugawa-maru-guadalcanal/.
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