"Third War Patrol"- Activities aboard USS Sea Owl (SS-405) Part 1

Description

1) MCU DA Submarine comes alongside of dock in Saipan and moors. 2) MCU DA Submarine backs out from dock in Saipan. 3) MCU Signalman with blinker light; officer with binoculars in background; signalman with hand signal flags in foreground. 4) LS Submarine; sunset in Pacific. Very Good 5) MCU Lookout on bridge, silhouetted against sky (SV). 6) LS Sunset in Pacific. Very Good 7) MCU Out over fantail, submarine underway; officer in foreground. 8) CU Signalman operating signal light. 9) MCU Over bow of submarine underway; spray coming back over deck. Very Good 10) MCU DA Motor launch coming alongside USS Sea Owl (SS-405) at Saipan. 11) MCU Submarine tied up alongside repair ship in Saipan Harbor. 12) LS Tracers going through sky and hitting near ship on horizon (ship assumed to be Japanese); ship explodes. 13) MCU Japanese sampan sinking.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities