The crew of U.S. PT boat PT-59 inspects the wreckage of Japanese submarine I-1 at Kamimbo on Guadalcanal, February, 1943. I-1 had been sunk during January 1943 by HMNZS Kiwi and HMNZS Moa.
Source
Frank, Richard B., Guadalcanal, the Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, (1990), Penguin Group, ISBN 01401.65614, between pages 306 and 307 states that the source of the photo is the U.S. National Archives.
This image is held in the National Archives and Records Administration Still Pictures Unit, citation number 111-SC-243966. Its official caption is: "A small boat party sent out by the Army Intelligence looks over a sunken Japenese submarine off the west end of Guadalcanal Island. The submarine was sunk during naval operations off the island and was one of largest type to be build by the Japanese. Date: 2-11-43."
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The crew of U.S. PT boat ''PT 65'' inspects the wreckage of Japanese submarine ''I-1'' at Kamimbo on Guadalcanal, February, 1943. Frank, Richard B., ''Guadalcanal, the Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle,'' (1990), Penguin Group, ISBN 01401.65614,
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