GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal
Accession Number 306644
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE SALVAGED BY A US NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) AFTER BEING SCUTTLED BY HER CREW DURING THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE STRANDED HULK OF JAPANESE TRANSPORT YAMAZUKI MARU. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).