USS Catfish on war patrol underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II . Bow of the submarine underway. A U.S. ship underway in the foreground. Small rubber boat alongside the submarine. Sailors unload movies and other things from the boat. A sailor holds a mascot puppy. Two men talk.
USS Catfish on war patrol underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The submarine underway. View of the stern of submarine from periscope. The submarine coming up aft. Another submarine underway.
USS Catfish on war patrol underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The submarine underway. U.S. sailors aboard the submarine. Motor launch alongside the submarine. Ships in the harbor in the extreme foreground. Sailors aboard the submarine talk amongst themselves. Men stand on the conning tower.
USS Catfish on war patrol underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The submarine underway. Bow of the submarine. Rough water breaks over the bow.
USS Catfish on war patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Submarines tied up alongside a tender. An airplane in flight overhead. A submarine comes in to tie up alongside other submarine. Mooring operations being undertaken. Men aboard submarines and the tender. Other ships and mountains in the far background.
United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) in Apra Harbor, Guam, during World War 2. He is there to decorate the Captain and crew of the boat. Admiral Nimitz is seen at a microphone, addressing officers and sailors. Cameramen taking the photographs of the event. Navy band playing in the background. Admiral Nimitz presents the Navy Cross to Commander Alexander Kelly Tyree, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Bowfin (SS-287), on the Seventh War Patrol of that submarine during the period 25 January 1945 to 25 March 1945. Admiral Nimitz then proceeds to decorate more officers and sailors from the crew. Nimitz returns to the microphone, reads a citation, and decorates several more crew members. He and other officers hold long hand salutes as the ceremony is concluding. Admiral Nimitz then announces the end of the ceremony and walks away. Camera focuses on a sailor with medal pinned on his shirt.
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