| Accession Number | P03651.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
US Navy |
| Place made | South China Sea |
| Date made | 17 September 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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USS Queenfish (SS-393) rescues British and Australian prisoners of war, survivors of the Japanese ...
Description
USS Queenfish (SS-393) rescues British and Australian prisoners of war, survivors of the Japanese ship MS Rakuyo Maru, sunk in the South China Sea by USS Sealion II (SS-315) on 12 September 1944 during the submarine's second war patrol.
- Four Australians, survivors of the sinking of two Japanese prisoner of war transports, are ...
- US Navy submarine USS Queenfish (SS-393), which was involved in the rescue of Australian and ...
- Two Australians, survivors of the sinking of two Japanese prisoner of war transports, are rescued ...
- Former Australian and British POWs mingle with USS Queenfish (SS-393) crew on their arrival at ...
- A ship's cutter prepares to secure alongside a USN submarine, USS Sealion II (SS-315) on return ...
- British and Australian survivors of the sinking of Japanese prisoner of war transports, board a ...
- Crew members of the submarine USS Pampanito (SS-383) gather on deck. This USN submarine sank the ...
- Former Australian prisoners of war are rescued by the crew of USN submarine USS Pampanito ...
- Former Australian prisoners of war are rescued by the crew of USN submarine USS Pampanito ...
- Informal group portrait of Australian survivors (all but one) from the Sakata prisoner of war ...
- Informal group portrait of Australian servicemen, former prisoners of war, who were released from ...
- A group portrait taken at Sakata prisoner of war camp, north-west Honshu on Christmas Day 1944. ...