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Freighter SS Absaroka with her decks awash after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 off the San Pedro harbor entrance, Los Angeles, California, United States, 24 Dec 1941. | Freighter SS Absaroka in drydock after being torpedoed off San Pedro, California, 24 Dec 1941. This 1942 photo shows the torpedo damage. | Damage to an oil pumping station on the Ellwood piers, Goleta, California, United States following a shelling attack by Japanese submarine I-17, 23 Feb 1942. | Ellwood oil piers at Goleta, California, United States shelled by Commander Kozo Nishino in Japanese submarine I-17 23 Feb 1942 in the first naval bombardment of the continental United States in World War II. |
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United States Army personnel inspecting damage to the Ellwood oil piers after Japanese submarine I-17 shelled the area on 23 Feb 1942, Goleta, California, United States. | Oil tanker SS Emidio grounded on Steamboat Rock, Crescent City, California, United States, 1942. Emidio was shelled and torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17 off Cape Mendocino on 20 Dec 1941 and drifted to this position. | Canadian Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles inspecting a Japanese shell recovered from the Estevan Point lighthouse shelling attack of 20 Jun 1942 by Japanese submarine I-26. | Torpedo damage to the Canadian freighter SS Fort Camosun from an attack by Japanese submarine I-25 off Cape Flattery, Washington, United States, 20 Jun 1942. The ship was repaired and returned to service. |
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Tanker SS Camden was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-25 off Coos Bay, Oregon on 4 Oct 1942. She was taken under tow to Seattle but sank off Washington state on 10 Oct 1942. | Nearly deflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon grounded near Tremonton, Utah, United States, 23 Feb 1945. The ballast dropping equipment found with this balloon was damaged. | Annotated diagram of a Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb from top to bottom. | United States Forest Service sign marking the spot where the United States suffered the first aerial bombing attack in history, Mount Emily, Oregon, United States. 2003 photo. |