Japanese Shipping Ravaged By US Navy Submarines
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Japanese Shipping Ravaged By US Navy Submarines
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 49401 RELEASED: JUNE 12, 1945/
JAP SHIPPING RAVAGED BY U.S. NAVY SUBMARINES
Credited with sinking four and one half million tons of Jap shipping since/ the war began, the submarine branch of the U.S. Navy has until recently/ been kept under a blanket of strict censorship/ Now as the tide of battle/ rolls closer to Tokyo, the curtain of secrecy has been lifted to some extent/ to aquaint the world with the tremendous effectiveness of the Navy's 'silent/ service'. These photographs portray typical incidents in the war of attrition/ directed against the Japs by U.S. Navy submarines./
Her bow hight[sic] in the air, a Japanese ship dives for Davy Jones' locker. After/ delivering the successful attack, the officers aboard the USS ASPRO took this/ remarkable photograph of their victim through th periscope.
(For other photographs of this series, see file numbers: 49395; 49396; 49397; 49394; 49399; 49400; 49402; 49403; and 49404.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
JAP SHIPPING RAVAGED BY U.S. NAVY SUBMARINES
Credited with sinking four and one half million tons of Jap shipping since/ the war began, the submarine branch of the U.S. Navy has until recently/ been kept under a blanket of strict censorship/ Now as the tide of battle/ rolls closer to Tokyo, the curtain of secrecy has been lifted to some extent/ to aquaint the world with the tremendous effectiveness of the Navy's 'silent/ service'. These photographs portray typical incidents in the war of attrition/ directed against the Japs by U.S. Navy submarines./
Her bow hight[sic] in the air, a Japanese ship dives for Davy Jones' locker. After/ delivering the successful attack, the officers aboard the USS ASPRO took this/ remarkable photograph of their victim through th periscope.
(For other photographs of this series, see file numbers: 49395; 49396; 49397; 49394; 49399; 49400; 49402; 49403; and 49404.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
