Keywords: HMS POPE propag pic.jpg The U S Navy Clemson-class destroyer USS Edsall DD-219 misidentified as HMS Pope being sunk on 1 March 1942 south of Java Imperial Japanese Navy warships including battleships Kirishima and Hiei resumed firing on the immobilized Edsall near Java on 1 March 1942 after the destroyer has been heavily damaged by carrier dive bombers The destroyer sank moments later A Japanese camera-man probably on the cruiser Tone filmed about 90 seconds of her destruction A single frame from a film recorded from the deck of IJN cruise Tone was used as a propaganda photo later misidentified as the British destroyer HMS Pope There was no HMS Pope A USS Pope DD-225 was sunk by air attack in the Second Battle of the Java Sea that same day but hundreds of miles away Japanese newspaper and newsreel Photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-178000/80-G-178997 html 80-G-178997 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-03-01 Imperial Japanese Navy Copyright Owner U S National Archives PD-Japan-oldphoto PD-USGov USS Edsall DD-219 Dutch East Indies campaign Sinking ships World War II propaganda Propaganda of Japan Kirishima ship 1915 Hiei ship 1914 Black and white photographs |