Many people today have forgotten that Imperial Japanese Navy submarines operated and sank ships off the West Coast

The once shiny silver M-130 Clippers got painted wartime flat dark gray to help ward off

Japanese fighter interceptors- seen here leaving San Francisco Bay for Hawaii and the Pacific.

Many people today have

forgotten that Japanese Navy submarines operated and sank ships off West Coast harbors. Also, Japan had very large submarines capable of surface launching their own single

engine seaplanes. Early in the war Japanese submarines shelled Maui, California,

Oregon and British Columbia.

The Pan Am Martin M-130 Era Many people today have forgotten that Japanese Navy submarines operated and sank ships off West Coast harbors. Also, Japan had very large submarines capable of surface launching their own single engine seaplanes. Early in the war Japanese submarines shelled Maui, California, Oregon and British Columbia. The once shiny silver M-130 Clippers got painted wartime flat dark gray to help ward off Japanese fighter interceptors- seen here leaving San Francisco Bay for Hawaii and the Pacific.

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