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USS Harder (SS-257), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II , she received the Presidential Unit Citation . [ 6 ]
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
USS Harder (SS-257), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1942 and sunk in 1944. The vessel's wreck was found in 2024. USS Harder (SS-568), was a Tang-class submarine, commissioned in 1952 and struck in 1974
Survivors abandoned ship and were rescued by the convoy's escorts, including USS Symbol, which rescued 124 people. The crew reboarded William W. Gerhard. She was taken in tow by USS Moreno ( United States Navy) but a fire broke out and the crew were taken off. Her cargo of ammunition exploded and the ship broke in two, with the bow section sinking.
USS Stickleback: 29 May 1958 Sank after collision with USS Silverstein during training near Hawaii: August 2019 USS Grayback: 27 February 1944 Sunk by aerial bomb from Japanese B5N torpedo bomber in the East China Sea: 10 November 2019 USS S-35: 4 April 1946 Used as a target ship and sunk by torpedo fire 4 August 2020 USS Harder: 24 August 1944
USS Tarpon was decommissioned on 15 November 1945 and sold for scrap 8 June 1957. The Tarpon foundered in deep water, south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on 26 August 1957, while under tow to the scrap yard. USS Guitarro flooded and sank pier-side prior to commissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 15 May 1969. Two shipyard teams ...
Commissioned in 1920, the USS Stewart had a tumultuous life. The ship was damaged in combat against Japanese forces in 1942 and was captured by the enemy, becoming the Imperial Japanese Navy’s ...
After shakedown training, Flier departed New London, Connecticut, in early December 1943 bound for the Panama Canal.While she was on the surface in the Caribbean Sea nearing the approaches to the canal, an Alied merchant ship mistook her for a German U-boat and opened gunfire on her, firing 13 rounds, but she escaped into a rain squall without suffering damage or casualties. [8]