Photographs from the Battle of Tarakan

80-G-33185 Photographs taken by the USS Seawolf (SS-197) through periscope, off Tarakan Island, Makassar Straight, and off Cape San Augustin, Autumn, 1942. Tarakan Island, Makassar Straight.

80-G-33188 Photographs taken by the USS Seawolf (SS-197) through periscope, off Tarakan Island, Makassar Straight, and off Cape San Augustin, Autumn, 1942. A raft with two people aboard.

80-G-33190 Photographs taken by the USS Seawolf (SS-197) through periscope, off Tarakan Island, Makassar Straight, and off Cape San Augustin, Autumn, 1942. A ship of the Kinka Maru type of 9301 gross tons at an unidentified location, burning amidships after three torpedo hits. Ship is being abandoned. Sagama Maru in Tahomo Bay.

80-G-33192 Photographs taken by the USS Seawolf (SS-197) through periscope, off Tarakan Island, Makassar Straight, and off Cape San Augustin, Autumn, 1942. Fire amidships of an unidentified ship low in the water, after a submarine attack. Searchlight above bridge and small boats in forward deck indicate the ship may have been used as a transport. Five men prepare to lower a boat from forward deck; another boat has broken away from its forward davit. Possibly Gifu Maru sunk November 2, 1942 in Davao Gulf or Keiro Maru sunk November 8, 1942.

80-G-49154 LCVP's carry Australian troops into the beach on Tarakan Island, Borneo after the softening up by US Navy shell and rocket fire P-Day.

80-G-49156 Troops of the Twenty-Sixth Australians Bridges march across a pontoon ramp from the LST-590 at Borneo.

80-G-49158 Australian troops on Sadan Island, off the coast of Borneo, are preparing to support landing forces on Tarakan Island, Borneo. P-1 day.