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Pages in category "United States submarine commanders" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
Richard Hetherington O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding USS Tang in the Pacific War against Japan to the most successful record of any United States submarine ever.
Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage (19 January 1909 – 15 April 1990) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and a noted submarine commander during World War II. Ramage was decorated with the Medal of Honor and several other combat decorations during the war. He also served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
He is the first sailor to be awarded five Navy Crosses, the United States military's second highest decoration for valor. Davenport was awarded these military decorations while serving as a submarine commander in the Pacific during World War II. Davenport made eleven submarine war patrols, six of them as a commanding officer.
Eighth United States Army: Activated in June 1944 in the United States. Commanded by Robert L. Eichelberger until the end of the war. Served in the South West Pacific Area, where it participated in the campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines. Ninth United States Army: Activated in May
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.
United States Submarine Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. Roscoe, Theodore (December 1958). Pig Boats: The True Story of the Fighting Submariners of World War II (abridged ed.). New York: Bantam. ISBN 0-553-13040-4. Waddle, Scott; Abraham, Ken (2003). The Right Thing.