Crew members of the submarine USS Pampanito (SS-383) gather on deck. This USN submarine sank the ...

Accession Number P03651.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker US Navy
Place made South China Sea
Date made 15 September 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Crew members of the submarine USS Pampanito (SS-383) gather on deck. This USN submarine sank the Japanese prisoner of war transport Kachidoki Maru on 12 September 1944. USS Pampanito later rescued a large group of Australian survivors, including some from Rakuyo Maru, herself sunk by USS Sealion II (SS-383), and disembarked them at Saipan for subsequent repatriation to Australia in October 1944.