In 1951 , the U.S.S. Catfish , a WWII - earned run average Rudolf Diesel submarine , cruise into San Francisco Bay . The crewsnapped a handful of pictures through the periscope , showing what the city and Alcatraz looked like from the submariner ’ view .
It ’s a second eery to see the city through the periscope ’s graticule , almost as if it were a target . It offers a diachronic perspective a mostly pre - skyscraper San Francisco , but also produce the sensory faculty that the urban center being spied on .
you’re able to see more photograph from the Catfish at SF Gate .
San Francisco in 1951 as seen from a U.S. Navy submarine[SF Gate viaLaughing Squid ]
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