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The Dutch submarine O 19 stranded on Ladd Reef in the South China Sea, near the end of World War II
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.
United States Navy 3rd fleet carriers shell Japanese oil reserves in the South China sea.
U.S. Navy carrier planes hit oil fields in the China Sea. A storm in the China Sea. U.S. Navy 3rd fleet carriers on a ship. A diagram shows an arrow on the South China Sea. The fleet moves forward towards Japanese bases. U.S. airplanes bomb Japanese targets. Carrier planes return back to the ship. A plane crash lands on the ship. The pilot of ship is hurt and stuck in the cockpit. The crew runs toward the plane and gets him down. A diagram shows an arrow from the South China sea to IndoChina, Saigon. A tanker is torpedoed by U.S. planes. Bombing on Saigon. An oil reserve on fire. (World War II period).
USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) damaged by a typhoon in the China Sea.
Severe damage caused to Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) by a typhoon in the China Sea. Forward end of flight deck of USS Windham Bay is seen collapsed due to the typhoon. View from starboard beam around bow to port side. Several F4U aircraft are seen crushed on the damaged deck.
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) enters harbor after being damaged by a typhoon in the China Sea.
Typhoon damage caused to the USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in the China Sea. USS Pittsburgh heading into a harbor. Damaged bow shows bulkheads exposed to the sea. Guns in triple turret move on warship in foreground. Sailors handle lines as USS Pittsburgh ties up to another ship. Her Officers cross a gangway to board.
Several U.S. Navy warships are seen underway in the China Sea during World War 2
United States Navy carrier underway in the China Sea during World War II. Planes on the deck of a carrier and one of them takes off. Japanese planes and installations on ground strafe. A Japanese ship strafes and burns. Plane lands back on the carrier.
United States Navy warships underway in the China Sea during World War 2
Reconnaissance photographs removed from an aircraft on board United States Navy carrier underway in the China Sea during World War II. Officers analyze the photographs. Ships in the rough sea as waves crash over the flight deck. Aircrafts take off from carrier in typhoons. Oil refineries bombed in Saigon, Vietnam (Indochina) as smoke rises from them. Japanese warships and ammunition ship burn after blow up. Plane makes a crash landing on board an aircraft carrier.