Photo #: NH 89373
Japanese Midget Submarine Base, Okinawa
Under attack by U.S. Navy carrier planes prior to the Invasion
of Okinawa, circa March 1945.
Two m1dget submarines and several camouflaged motor torpedo boats
are in the lower left center. Other midget submarines and a small
"Sea Truck" cargo vessel are visible at the edge of
the bomb explosion area.
Photograph was released by Commander in Chief, Pacific, on 24
March 1945.
Courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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