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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-80424

Japanese "sampan"
(possibly a picket boat)

Sinking near Sofu Gan rock, after being shelled by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 5 September 1943.
Position was approximately 29 49'N, 140 21'E.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 545 pixels

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15 September 2004