Sailor Steve is correct. I also cannot find my link from where I found the list - hard drive crash took me out. But this is one thing that we've been researching for FotRSU, and one boat took pictures of Wake Island just after it fell. However, the camera was not "authorized" to be on the submarine, and was not part of the mission. The "techniques" were copied for later use though. Of the thirteen other missions, they were all panoramic type sets of beaches and defenses of same, for the potential landings areas. Each of those missions would have "sets" of islands to do, and would generally take a submarine a week to 10 days to complete. One of those (USS Burrfish) involved an actual landing of a recon party on a couple of beaches, of which 3 of 5 men were lost and captured by the Japanese, and the island consequently was not invaded. No other recon landings were done. One mission was not completed, due to the boat being lost to unknown causes (Sargo Class, SS-193 USS Swordfish at Okinawa). The planners would take the aerial fotos and the sub photos of an island, and be able to get reasonably accurate contours models of the intended landing areas, sometimes with the gun emplacements. The only time pictures were taken of ships was if they were in the process of sinking - in the open ocean - for "proof of deed"... Generally speaking, if they saw a ship, the main idea was to sink it, or at least try to... As a little side-note, some of the photo recons involved use of a moving picture camera. No mention that I've found of what size was used. Watch the FotRSU thread. When RR goes to do the full release, we plan on having a write-up of that research we found...
