WWII - 1945 , Pacific Submarine Warfare

WWII - 1945 , Pacific Submarine Warfare LS Night, tracers fired; fire breaks out on Japanese junk. 02:50:42 Shell bursts, many tracers going thru air. 02:52:05 MCU Men load & fire 3" guns. 3-masted junk, burning. Continues in daylight. 02:52:47 Periscope shot; direct hit scored on bow of small Japanese freighter; mountainous shoreline of Japan in bg. Periscope shot; coastline of Japan. 02:54:24 Periscope shot; freighter underway; mountainous coastline of Japan in bg. 02:54:52 MS Shooting at Japanese junks. Japanese junk; coastline of Japan in bg. Burning & sinking. 02:56:44 MCU Commander Street & enlisted men look thru binoculars. 02:56:58 MS Japanese junk comes alongside USS TIRANTE; set afire. Possibly on 06Apr45. 02:58:19 Periscope shot; large rock extending above water. Navy Fighting; Pacific Naval Battles; Patrolling; NOTE: shot by USS Tirante (SS-420), commissioned 06Nov44, left Pearl Harbor 03Mar45 to patrol off Nagasaki, Japan, then off Korea. Commander Street awarded Medal of Honor, Lt. Edward L. Beach, executive officer, received Navy Cross & ship awarded Presidential Unit Citation.