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Description The Japanese escort vessel Patrol Boat No.39 (originally the destroyer Tade) sinking after being torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197) 280 km north-east of Formosa on 23 April 1943. Photographed through Seawolf's periscope.
Date Taken on 23 April 1943
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-67286 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location25° 45′ 00″ N, 122° 45′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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23 April 1943

25°45'0.000"N, 122°45'0.000"E

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