Wake in WW2 History | World War II Database

26 Oct 1941

US Pacific Islands

Submarines USS Narwhal and USS Dolphin arrived off Wake Island on simulated war patrols. ww2dbase [Dolphin | Narwhal | Wake | DS]

15 Feb 1942

US Pacific Islands

Submarine USS Narwhal arrived off Wake Island and began making reconnaissance surveys of the island. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Wake | DS]

16 Feb 1942

US Pacific Islands

Submarine USS Narwhal departed the Wake Island area bound for her next station on this war patrol, the East China Sea. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Wake | DS]

5 Oct 1943

US Pacific Islands

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) began two days of air strikes on Japanese installations on Wake Island. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | J. J. Clark | Wake | DS]

5 Oct 1943 Photos

6 Oct 1943

US Pacific Islands

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) resumed air raids against Wake Island early in the morning and continued them through most of the day. That evening, the task group began its retirement to Hawaii. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Wake | DS]

14 Dec 1943

US Pacific Islands

Gato-class submarine USS Silversides arrived off Wake Island and made reconnaissance observations. ww2dbase [Silversides | Wake | DS]

3 Sep 1944

US Pacific Islands

Task Group 12.5 consisting of carrier USS Monterey, cruisers USS Chester, USS Pensacola, USS Salt Lake City, and destroyers USS Cummings, USS Reid, and USS Dunlap conducted a bombardment of Japanese positions on Wake Island in the Pacific. ww2dbase [Chester | Cummings | Salt Lake City | Pensacola | Monterey | Wake | DS]

3 Sep 1944 Photos