Photo #: NH 58329
Patrol Boat # 39 (Japanese Escort Vessel, originally
the destroyer Tade, 1922)
Montage of eight periscope photographs showing her sinking after
being torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) on 23 April 1943.
The original print was signed by Seawolf's Commanding
Officer, Lieutenant Commander Royce L. Gross, who presented it
to Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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