Photographs from the Battle of the Atlantic

80-G-42044 Scenes taken from the USS Greer (DD-145) on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. At the sound of "General Quarters", all hands turn to...depth charges are armed and fired.

80-G-42045 Gunnery operations aboard the USS Greer (DD-145) on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Gun crew on the after deck fires a gun during night action.

80-G-42048 USS Greer (DD-145) on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. The end of the run...a North Atlantic port.

80-G-42063 Two PBM's commanded by Lieutenant H.S. Davis, USNR, and Lieutenant Junior Grade H.C. Carey, USN, cripple German submarine in South Atlantic. One plane dropped depth bombs bringing her to surface, when the second machine gunned her. USS Jouett (DD-362) led to the scene by one of the planes, finished her with direct hits. The PGM's dropped life rafts and the destroyers picked up many survivors. Tiny dots beneath PBM are depth bombs. Machine gun bullets form pattern of splashes around sub. Incident 3219.

80-G-42064 Two PBM's commanded by Lieutenant H.S. Davis, USNR, and Lieutenant Junior Grade H.C. Carey, USN, cripple German submarine in South Atlantic. One plane dropped depth bombs bringing her to surface, when the second machine gunned her. USS Jouett (DD-396) and USS Moffett (DD-362) led to the scene by one of the planes, finished her with direct hits. The PBM'S dropped life rafts and the destroyers picked up many survivors.

80-G-42065 Two PBM's commanded by Lieutenant H.S. Davis, USNR, and Lieutenant Junior Grade H.C. Carey, USN, cripple German submarine in South Atlantic. One plane dropped depth bombs bringing her to surface, when the second machine gunned her. USS Jouett (DD-396) and USS Moffett (DD-362) led to the scene by one of the planes, finished her with direct hits. The PBM'S dropped life rafts and the destroyers picked up many survivors. Incident 3219.

80-G-42066 Two PBM's commanded by Lieutenant H.S. Davis, USNR, and Lieutenant Junior Grade H.C. Carey, USN, cripple German submarine in South Atlantic. One plane dropped depth bombs bringing her to surface, when the second machine gunned her. USS Jouett (DD-396) and USS Moffett (DD-362) led to the scene by one of the planes, finished her with direct hits. The PBM'S dropped life rafts and the destroyers picked up many survivors. Incident 3219.

80-G-43376 Allied tanker torpedoed in Atlantic Ocean by German submarine. Ship crumbling amidship under heat of fire, settles toward bottom of ocean.

80-G-44357 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. First attack, showing drop across beam. 107-B-12 straddle. Pilot: Lieutenant C. A. Balwin, USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44358 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. First attack, showing drop across beam. 107-B-12 straddle. Pilot: Lieutenant C. A. Balwin, USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44359 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. Third attack by 107-B-4. Nazi ceremonies hide behind the shield of an anti-aircraft gun. Pilot: Lieutenant W. R. Ford, USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44360 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. Four attack, by 107-B-4. Diving liberator sprays machine gun bullets, on the pull-out, a line of small splashes marking the straffing. Lieutenant W. R. For, USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44361 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. Final attack leaves sub smoking. Note the anti-aircraft guns point skyward. Pilot: Lieutenant S. K. Taylor, Jr., USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44362 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. Trying a tight turn to dodge the blasts of depth bombs, the sub is caught between two explosions in a perfect straddle. The screws churn up a small cloud of water aft. Oil has darkened the spray on far side of the U-boat. This was the last attack. Pilot: Lieutenant S. K. Taylor, Jr., USNR. U-848. Incident 4917.

80-G-44363 German submarine attacked and sunk southeast of Ascension Island by four PB4Ys of VB-107 and two B-25s of the U.S. Army. Twin plumes (one behind the other) of spray mark the end of the U-848. This was the final attack. Pilot: Lieutenant S. K. Taylor, Jr., USNR. U-848. Incident 4917

80-G-44517 A practice tin fish drops a TBF as it engages in training maneuvers over the Atlantic. Belly doors of the torpedo bomber still are open as the yellow-headed "dummy", trailing exhaust, heads for the target.

80-G-49165 Capture of the German submarine, U-505, by a Navy escort carrier task group headed by the USS Gaudalcanal (CVE-60) under the command of Captain Daniel V. Gallery, USN. Blown to the surface by a depth charge, the U-boat 505 lies with decks swash in the South Atlantic, driven into the sea by strafing and small arms fire, German crewmen struggle to keep afloat near vessel.

80-G-49166 The first boarding boat approaches the stricken U-boat. This boatload of men put out from the USS Pillsbury (DE-133). They faced the prospect of boarding a vessel which might blow up at any moment, in accordances with the usual Nazi tactics when forced abandon a U-boat.

80-G-49167 Members of a boarding party from USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) go below on the U-boat with the men at the left handling a motor-driven handy bill-pump for use in pumping out the water below decks. At right is a German twin-mount anti-aircraft gun.

80-G-49168 A Navy TBM circles about overhead as the boarding party works on the U-boat. In the background is the USS Chatelain (DE-149) which dropped the depth charge that forced the sub to the surface.

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