Low altitude aerial views from an aircraft circling the Dutch submarine, O 19, stranded on Ladd Reef, in the South China Sea, with bow raised high above water and stern submerged. Note: According to Klaas van der Veen,of the Netherlands, whose father was second in command on the O 19, the boat went aground while on the way to Subic Bay, Phillipines, on July 8, 1945 (July 7th East of the International Date Line). After three days trying to free the O 19 using full reverse power at high tide, blowing air, firing torpedoes, and jettisoning ballast, the crew was rescued by the U.S. submarine, USS Cod, which torpedoed the O 19, after all critical equipment had been removed.
A mine floating in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. The mine being fired upon by rifle from a U.S. Navy submarine (unseen). Mine explodes when hit by rifle fire. Large column of smoke and water going into air.
Remains of Japanese Yugumo class destroyer, Okinami, sunk during a U.S. air raid in World War 2 . Views from boat circumnavigating the wreck which sits in shallow water in Coron Bay, Philippines. Names of Japanese gun crew visible on No. 1 Turret. Derricks and ships at port are seen in background.
A United States Army Air Force Northrop A-17 two-seater attack plane crashes at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. The damaged side of the main building. The wrecked airplane seen in the building.
Aerial view of a U.S. Navy K-5 anti-submarine blimp in flight over a partially submerged submarine moving in the waters of Long Island Sound, during World War 2. Views from the air, of the submarine underway and then submerging to periscope depth
Sailors and officers aboard a ship at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Officers and sailors stand at attention aboard the ship. Commander of the Air Force of Pacific Fleet, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral John Henry Towers speaking into a microphone. An officer pinning medals on the uniforms of men. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Max E. Woyke, United States Navy Reserve Lieutenant Harry A. Fredrickson and other officers being awarded.
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