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USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Tang. She was built and launched in 1943, serving until being sunk by her own torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait on 24 October 1944. In her short career in the Pacific War, Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons. [8]
8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft), 26 torpedoes [1] The Tang-class submarines were the first submarines designed (under project SCB 2) and built by the United States Navy after World War II. They incorporated the best features of the high-speed German Type XXI U-boat and the venerable U.S. Navy fleet submarine.
Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II, all but one, Dorado (SS-248), were lost in the Pacific theater of operations. [5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee ...
United States Navy. 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.
SS Waratah and its 211 crew and passengers were last heard from on 27 July 1909. Its wreck has yet to be found. This is a list of missing ships and wrecks. If it is known that the ship in question sank, then its wreck has not yet been located. Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance.
The only known emergency use of the Momsen lung was during the escape from USS Tang on October 25, 1944. [5] Thirteen men (of thirty survivors) left the forward escape trunk: [6] five were picked up by the Japanese; three more reached the surface "but were unable to hang on or breathe and floated off and drowned"; the fate of the other five is ...
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). USS Tang (SSN-805) will be a nuclear-powered, Virginia -class attack submarine in the United States Navy. She will also be third United States Navy vessel with the name tang, a large family of tropical fish. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced in a 17 November 2020 ...
2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns. The SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty cargo ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.