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16 Jul 1919

Alaska
  • USS S-38 arrived at Anchorage, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [S-38 | Anchorage | CPC]
17 Jul 1919

Alaska
  • USS S-38 suffered flooding to the motor room after a crewman accidentally removed a valve cover during routine engine maintenance procedures at at Anchorage, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [S-38 | Anchorage | CPC]
23 Jul 1919

Alaska
  • USS S-38 completed its temporary repairs to the engine, which was damaged by accidentally flooding while in port at at Anchorage, US Territory of Alaska six days prior. ww2dbase [S-38 | Anchorage | CPC]
18 Jun 1945

Alaska
  • The paper balloon envelope, valve, ballast dropping equipment, three sandbags, one unexploded 15kg high-explosive bomb, and two unexploded 5kg candle-type incendiary bombs from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Anchorage, Alaska. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Anchorage | DS]



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