U.S. Navy submarine periscope view of Pacific Ocean water surface during World War 2. Coastline as seen point of view through periscope. Cargo ship as seen through the periscope. Mountains in the foreground.
American submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. sailors and officers aboard the submarine. Three men standing aboard the bow of the submarine. Other men standing at the conning tower.
Near the end of World War 2, U.S. submarines were being refitted with extra guns and undertook more surface combat operations. Here, the USS Bowfin (SS-287) is seen in surface training activities off Guam, during May,1945. Its armament now includes (in addition to its original 4-inch/50 caliber deck gun) a Bofors 40mm aft of the conning tower and an Oerlikon 20mm cannon forward of it. As the Bowfin heads out, its deck gun is seen. Next, in a view from the conning tower fairwater, looking aft, the Bofors 40mm autocannon can be seen below. Scene shifts forward and then to side, where deck gun barrel is seen at extreme right of image. It fires at distant target boat. More views of targets being fired upon by autocannons and deck gun. Smoke rising from struck target. Sequence ends with the Bowfin firing a few rounds on its way back to Apra Harbor.
USS Balao underway in the Pacific Ocean. Bow of the submarine. United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress airplane flying overhead. Rescue of a flier. The flier aboard a life raft arrives near the submarine. He is taken aboard the submarine. He meets and discusses with the crew.
USS Balao underway in the Pacific Ocean. Crew members aboard the submarine. U.S. flag flying atop the conning tower in the background. Fliers walking on the deck of submarine. A man handling line on the bow of the submarine.
USS Cavalla underway in the Pacific Ocean. The submarine underway. Bow of the submarie. An airplane in flight overhead. Lookout with long beard aboard the submarine looking through binoculars. Other lookout watching through binoculars in the foreground. Submarine in the far background. U.S. flag flying atop the conning tower of the submarine. Men working on the conning tower.
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