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Cdr. Morton and Lt O'Kane in the conning tower of the USS Wahoo, New Guinea, 26 January 1943.

Sinking of the Chiyo Maru of the coast of China.

The Japanese merchant ship Nagisan Maru burns in the Palau Islands. The ship was sunk during the U.S. Navy's "Operation Desecrate One" by three Grumman TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 31 (VT-31) from the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).…

Japanese ammunition ship Aikoku Maru explodes following a torpedo attack by a US carrier based plane. The pilot and two crewmembers of this plane are presumed to be lost since their plane were caught in this terrific explosion. 17 February 1944.

17-18 February 1944 A Mark XIII aerial torpedo hits a Japanese cargo ship, during the first day of U.S. Navy carrier air raids on Truk, 17 February 1944. Note the several torpedo wakes, including one very erratic one ending with the torpedo…

Japanese merchant ship sinking, after her back was broken by one of THRESHER'S torpedoes, probably on 15 January or 27 January 1944. Photo taken while CDR W. J. Millican was THRESHER's C/O. It was received 10 May 1944.

Japanese merchant ship aground, while under attack by task force 38 planes off the north tip of Luzon, 18 October 1944. Photographed from a USS INTREPID (CV-11) plane. This ship may be the SS TAIHO MARU.

Four Japanese merchant-type ships under attack by task force 38 planes off the north tip of Luzon, 18 October 1944. Photographed from a USS INTREPID (CV-11) plane. These ships may include: TERUKUNI MARU, TAIHO MARU, HOTEN MARU and TSINGTAO MARU.

Aerial reconnaissance photo of Japanese facilities at Truk, taken by a Marine Corps PB4Y-1 patrol bomber, from Bougainville, on 4 February 1944. Dublon Island is at bottom left, and Fefan Island is in lower right. In center is the Eten Island Air…

This WWII film, one of the Castle Newsreels, shows Operation Hailstone -- a massive naval air and surface attack launched on February 16–17, 1944, during World War II by the United States Navy against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the…