SINKING OF CAPTURED JAPANESE SUBMARINES Part 1

Description

Summary: AVs, fleet of Japanese submarines lying in cove at Sasebo Bay. American Navy crews opening boxes of demolition charges aboard Japanese submarine #402. Party consisting of Admiral Robert M Griffen and others go below one of the smaller submarines. Opening door of hangar of the 402 that can carry 4 planes. Admiral Griffen walks inside the hangar. Scenes taken from craft showing different submarines in the cove. Admiral Griffen goes aboard submarine 158 accompanied by party. The 158 is the submarine which sunk the USS Indianapolis. Japanese putting cherry blossoms in the periscope of submarine. CUs, Capt Atogi Nakamura and Lt Tashio Tanaka. The latter is the officer who fired torpedoes which blew up the Indianapolis. LS, crew of the 158. Sequence: aboard destroyer USS Larsen: MCU, Commander F A McKee, on the bridge with Capt Bell, acting commodore of the destroyer squadron. Also in scene is Japanese interpreter giving instruction thru megaphone. Several scenes showing destroyer convoy in bg. From bridge of the Larsen: scenes of the world's largest sub, #402 being sunk by the Larsen's gunfire. LSs, of other subs being sunk by gunfire. MS, naval guns being fired.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities