One of the Japanese fleet submarines being destroyed after World War 2. Japanese submarine seen on surface of water, off Japan, as viewed from a U.S. surface ship. A huge explosion occurs on the submarine and it soon sinks.
Destruction of one of Japan's fleet of submarines after end of World War 2. Periscope view from a U.S. submarine, of the Japanese submarine on the surface. A large explosion occurs as it is torpedoed. Another large explosion occurs engulfing the submarine.
View of a Japanese submarine from a U.S. submarine or surface ship, prior to its intentional destruction following end of World War 2. A torpedo is seen tracing a path toward the Japanese submarine. It strikes and explodes. A second torpedo os launched and strikes with a larger explosion causing the submarine to sink instantly.
USS Blenny underway in the Java Sea, off the Coast of Borneo, during World War 2. Interior of the USS Blenny, with periscope being lowered, and then raised for the captain to look through during her successful sinking of Japanese Kokoku Steamer. (Due to heat, the captain is not wearing uniform shirt.) He lowers the periscope. Another crew member looks through the periscope.
Interior of the USS Spadefish (SS-411) in the Sea of Japan, during World War 2, as the Captain looks through the periscope. Slate states "U.S.S. Spadefish puts two torpedoes in a Kamoi Maru outside Makoa Breakwater at the Gulf of Tartary." The Captain (a Navy commander) lowers the periscope and issues instructions to the crew.The Captain, back at the periscope, while a Lieutenant stands nearby holding a watch and apparently marking time. The Captain lowers the periscope.
The USS Argonaut (SS-166) arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the Makin Raid, by Carlson's Raiders, of the U.S. Marine Corps, in World War 2. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the USS Argonaut (SS-166) and shakes hands with its Commander, Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, as Major James Roosevelt (the President' son) salutes. Admiral Nimitz then shakes hands with him. (Roosevelt is Executive Officer of the U.S. Marine's Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). Closeup of Roosevelt mingling with others on the boat deck. Raiders mingling on the deck. Closeup of Roosevelt conversing with Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, who had arrived at Pearl Harbor on the USS Nautilus a little earlier. Carlson conversing with other Marine officers. Raiders starting to leave the boat. Sailors transporting a wounded sailor on a litter. Carlson and Roosevelt conversing with other officers.
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