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  2. List of military figures by nickname - Wikipedia

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    John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander [4] Walter Bedell Smith Chief of Staff to Dwight D. Eisenhower in WWII, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Director of Central Intelligence "Betty" – Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge) [4] "Big Al, (The Sailor's Pal)" – Al Konetzni, American vice admiral [15]

  3. List of warships by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Aggie on Horseback" – HMS Weston; [4] nickname named for Agnes Weston, a temperance and sailor's advocate; "on horseback" is a jocular mistranslation of Latin "super-mare" ("on the sea"), "mare" being equated with a female horse "'A Gin Court" – HMS Agincourt; Battleship seized from Turkey in 1914; because of its luxurious Turkish outfit

  4. John Linton - Wikipedia

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    Commander John Wallace Linton, VC, DSO, DSC (15 October 1905 – 23 March 1943) was a Royal Navy submariner and a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

  5. I toured the USS Cobia, a World War II submarine that ... - AOL

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    The USS Cobia submarine sank 13 ships and rescued seven downed American pilots during World War II. The US Navy submarine is open to the public for tours at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.

  6. USS John Adams (SSBN-620) - Wikipedia

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    USS John Adams (SSBN-620), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Founding Father John Adams (1735–1826), the second President of the United States (1797–1801), and his son John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829).

  7. List of sea captains - Wikipedia

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    Decorated Dutch naval officer and submarine commander during World War II. Later served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Netherlands: Yes 1915 2016 Kapahulehua, Kawika. Hawaiian sailor who was the first to captain the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa from Hawaii to Tahiti using only traditional navigation techniques. United States ...

  8. List of submarines of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Last conventionally powered submarine built for the US Navy. Laid after Blueback but launched and commissioned before SSN-583 Sargo: SSN-584 Seadragon: First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the Northwest Passage. SSN-585 Skipjack: Lead boat of a class of 6. First nuclear powered submarine with a teardrop hull. SSRN-586 Triton

  9. John P. Cromwell - Wikipedia

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    Captain John Philip Cromwell (September 11, 1901 – November 19, 1943) was the most senior submariner awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II and one of the three submarine officers who received it posthumously.