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Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", [1] was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II.
Eugene Bennett Fluckey: 1935 Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for submarine combat during World War II; commander of USS Barb, which won the Presidential Unit Citation for its eighth through eleventh patrols and the Navy Unit Commendation for the twelfth patrol [47] [68] John James Powers: 1935
USS Barb (SS-220), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Barbus, a genus of ray-finned fish.She compiled one of the most outstanding records of any U.S. submarine in World War II.
A map of the campus as it was in 1924. The cemetery can be seen near the middle of the map. In 1868 the Naval Academy purchased a 67-acre piece of land called Strawberry Hill as part of their efforts to expand after the American Civil War. [2] Within a year of its acquisition part of the property became the cemetery.
Twenty-three United States Navy submarines are designated as memorials.. Albacore: Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Batfish: Muskogee, Oklahoma; Becuna: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
The U.S. Navy submarine was decommissioned in 1996 after nearly 20 years of worldwide Cold War service, but parts of it, including its sail, were salvaged. The sail is the tower-like structure ...
USS Barb (SSN-596), a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast.. The contract to build her was awarded to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on 9 November 1959.
Eugene B. Fluckey – rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II; Gerald Ford – former U.S. President; served aboard carrier during World War II; Edmund Giambastiani – 7th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff