WW2 Sub: "Third War Patrol" Activities Aboard USS Sea Owl (SS-405), 05/19/1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #10420. National Archives description: "1) MCU DA Submarine comes alongside of dock in Saipan and moors. 2) MCU DA Submarine backs out from dock in Saipan. 3) MCU Signalman with blinker light; officer with binoculars in background; signalman with hand signal flags in foreground. 4) LS Submarine; sunset in Pacific. Very Good 5) MCU Lookout on bridge, silhouetted against sky (SV). 6) LS Sunset in Pacific. Very Good 7) MCU Out over fantail, submarine underway; officer in foreground. 8) CU Signalman operating signal light. 9) MCU Over bow of submarine underway; spray coming back over deck. Very Good 10) MCU DA Motor launch coming alongside USS Sea Owl (SS-405) at Saipan. 11) MCU Submarine tied up alongside repair ship in Saipan Harbor. 12) LS Tracers going through sky and hitting near ship on horizon (ship assumed to be Japanese); ship explodes. 13) MCU Japanese sampan sinking." National Archives Identifier: 78905 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations -- Submarine, USS Sea Owl (SS-405), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Sea Owl, WWII In Color, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese

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