WWII Submarine Operations In The Pacific Revealed

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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, submarine service, torpedo launch, torpedo explosion, surface attack, sinking merchant ships

Synopsis: Submarine operations in the Pacific during WWII with torpedo launches against merchant ships and surface attacks against smaller enemy shipping....(read more)

Date: 1945
Duration: 00:03:37
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Pacific Theater

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WWII Submarine Operations In The Pacific Revealed

WWII Submarine Operations In The Pacific Revealed

Scene of U.S. submarine "running on the surface" in Pacific waters in WWII. U.S. submarine dives. Scenes of interior of American submarine, periscope view of Japanese merchant ship. Sub Captain looking through periscope. Camera attached to periscope records the action. Torpedo is launched. Explosion as torpedo strikes Japanese ship. Scenes inside U.S. submarine as another Japanese ship is sunk. Cu of sailors at torpedo tubes, sailor receives orders to "fire one" torpedo launch, Shows hand on launch button as orders given to "fire two" second torpedo launch. Shows explosion as torpedo strikes ship. Shows American submarine "surfacing" for attack using deck gun. Japanese fishing-patrol boat is sunk with fire from deck gun. U.S. submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) sinks the Japanese cargo ship Hakuju Maru moored alongside a colliery on Ha Shima (Hashima) Island, Nagasaki Harbor. Officers and crew of USS Tirante receives Presidential Unit Citation. Commander George Levick Street III, awarded the Medal of Honor, shown with Secretary of The Navy Forrestal.