Photo #: NH 47036
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seated in an automobile, while touring the Mare Island Navy Yard
in 1942. With him are Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade, Commander
12th Naval District, and Rear Admiral Wilhelm L. Friedell, Commandant
Mare Island Navy Yard. Secret Servicemen are on duty around the
car.
In the background is the Japanese midget submarine HA-19,
which had been captured on 8 December 1941, immediately after
the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, it was taken
around the country on War Bond tours.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Photo #: NH 62816
HA-19
(Japanese "Type A" midget submarine)
In Fredericksburg, Texas, birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz, during a national War Bond tour, circa 1943. HA-19
was captured on 8 December 1941, after it unsuccessfully attempted
to enter Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on the previous
day.
The Hotel Nimitz is in the background.
Note police cars, Boy Scouts and truck (from the Bigge Drayage
Co., Oakland, California).
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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