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Photo # 80-G-67286:  Japanese Patrol Boat # 39 sinking, after being torpedoed by USS Seawolf, 23 April 1943

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USS Seawolf (SS-197), 1939-1944 --
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This page features all the views we have concerning the World War II actions and activities of USS Seawolf (SS-197).

For more images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Seawolf (SS-197), 1939-1944.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 80-G-33184

    Schooner under sail


    Periscope photograph taken from USS Seawolf (SS-197), while she was on patrol in the Philippines-East Indies area in the fall of 1942.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 595 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33192

    USS Seawolf
    (SS-197)

    Periscope photograph of a sinking Japanese ship, torpedoed by Seawolf in the Philippines-East Indies area during the fall of 1942.
    This ship carries at least one landing craft forward, has a searchlight above her pilothouse and a gun mounted at the aft end of the midships superstructure. Her general configuration resembles the S.S. Gifu Maru, sunk on 2 November 1942, but she could also be the converted gunboat Keiko Maru, sunk on 8 November.
    Note the boat hanging from one davit amidships, as crewmen attempt to lower another boat further forward.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33191

    USS Seawolf
    (SS-197)

    Periscope photograph of one of Seawolf's victims, torpedoed in the Philippines-East Indies area in the fall of 1942.
    This ship carries at least one landing craft forward, has a searchlight atop her pilothouse and a gun mounted at the aft end of the midships superstructure. A lifeboat is hanging from one davit, alongside the smokestack. Her general configuration resembles the S.S. Gifu Maru, sunk on 2 November 1942, but she could also be the converted gunboat Keiko Maru, sunk on 8 November.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 550 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33187

    USS Seawolf
    (SS-197)

    Periscope photograph of a sinking Japanese ship, torpedoed by Seawolf during a war patrol in the Philippines-East Indies area in the fall of 1942.
    This ship is possibly the S.S. Gifu Maru, sunk on 2 November 1942 in Davao Gulf, Mindanao.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 540 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33190

    S.S. Sagami Maru
    (Japanese Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1940)

    Seen through the periscope of USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 3 November 1942. Sagami Maru was loading cargo at the small settlement visible ashore, in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, and was sunk on the spot by Seawolf's torpedos.
    Note her pattern camouflage.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33189

    S.S. Sagami Maru
    (Japanese Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1940)

    Periscope photograph of the ship burning and sinking, after she was torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) close to the shore in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, 3 November 1942.
    Note her pattern camouflage.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 58329

    Patrol Boat # 39
    (Japanese Escort Vessel, originally the destroyer Tade, 1922)

    Montage of eight periscope photographs showing her sinking after being torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 23 April 1943.
    The original print was signed by Seawolf's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Royce L. Gross, who presented it to Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

    Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 198KB; 1200 x 990 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-67288

    Patrol Boat # 39
    (Japanese escort vessel, originally the destroyer Tade, 1922)

    Sinking after being torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 23 April 1943.
    Photographed through Seawolf's periscope.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-67286

    Patrol Boat # 39
    (Japanese escort vessel, originally the destroyer Tade, 1922)

    Sinking after being torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 23 April 1943.
    Photographed through Seawolf's periscope.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-80424

    Japanese "sampan"
    (possibly a picket boat)

    Sinking near Sofu Gan rock, after being shelled by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 5 September 1943.
    Position was approximately 29 49'N, 140 21'E.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 545 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For more images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Seawolf (SS-197), 1939-1944.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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