![Crew and aviators of USS Bogue looking at bales of raw rubber recovered from the debris field after sinking Japanese submarine I-52 in the mid-Atlantic, 24 Jun 1944. Note the FM-2 Wildcat. [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/61b91f8cbd188.jpg)
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| Caption | Crew and aviators of USS Bogue looking at bales of raw rubber recovered from the debris field after sinking Japanese submarine I-52 in the mid-Atlantic, 24 Jun 1944. Note the FM-2 Wildcat. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | ||||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||
| Date | 24 Jun 1944 | ||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | ||||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | ||||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 24 Jun 1944 | ||||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
| Photo Size | 776 x 551 pixels | ||||||||||
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
14 Dec 2021 02:50:37 PM
I-52 had been on a Yanagi mission where submarines were used to exchange valuables and technology between Germany and Japan. At the time of her sinking, I-52 carried 2 tons of gold in 146 bars packed in 49 metal boxes, 120 tons of tin ingots, 113 tons of tungsten, 54 tons of raw rubber in bales, 9.8 tons of molybdenum, 3.3 tons of quinine, 2.88 tons of opium, and 58 kg of caffeine plus 14 engineers and technicians as passengers. A meeting between I-52 and German U-530 was arranged in the mid-Atlantic to exchange radar detection gear but the messages were intercepted and Bogue was alerted as to the time and place. I-52 was destroyed but U-530 was not detected by Bogue or her escorts.