Tag: South Pacific

Prepare for Collision! The Ramming of the USS Growler and a Japanese Gunboat

by ddancis, posted in Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard, WWII Pacific

January 1943, while on her fourth war patrol, the USS Growler (SS 215) from Brisbane, Australia, had been patrolling the sea lanes to Rabaul on the western end of New Ireland, she encountered a fatal missed opportunity. The area had been active and alerted to the presence of an American submarine prowling around. The Growler … Continue reading Prepare for Collision! The Ramming of the USS Growler and a Japanese Gunboat

Fun in the Sun: Tarawa Atoll in 1944

by US National Archives, posted in Journalism, Military Records, WWII Pacific

Today's post is written by Lloyd Beers, a processing archivist who works with U.S. Navy records. Wartime has many faces and all of them are revealed in the records held by the National Archives and Records Administration.  The April 17, 1944 issue of Life magazine featured a more relaxed face with an article picturing U.S. … Continue reading Fun in the Sun: Tarawa Atoll in 1944