Photo #: 80-G-39745 Fais Island (near Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands) Periscope photograph, taken by USS Wahoo (SS-238) on 27 January 1943. The view shows a refinery and large warehouse adjacent to a phosphate works. Wahoo had intended to shell the latter, but had to break off when an enemy ship came on the scene. (See: "Photographic Intelligence Report # 82, 17 March 1943") Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 550 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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4 February 2002