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Armament. 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. (six forward, four aft) [7] all guns removed [8] USS Odax (SS-484), a Tench -class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for odax, a brilliantly colored, red and green fish belonging to the family Scaridae, the parrot fishes.
Submarine Group 2. Garrison/HQ. Naval Submarine Base New London. Submarine Squadron 4 ( SUBRON 4, also known as CSS-4) is a US Navy unit of submarines. Raised by the United States Navy in 1930, since 9 July 1997, the squadron has been based at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America.
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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 ...
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USS Buchanan (DD-484) steaming near USS Wasp (CV-7) in the South Pacific, circa August 1942, during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Note her camouflage scheme. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Odax SS-484 4 Dec 1944 10 Apr 1945 11 Jul 1945 8 Jul 1972 G I 1947, G II 1951; struck and sold to Brazil as Rio de Janeiro 8 Jul 1972; decommissioned 16 Nov 1978, sold for scrap 18 Jun 1981: Sirago SS-485 3 Jan 1945 11 May 1945 13 Aug 1945 1 Jun 1972 G II 1949; struck 1 Jun 1972, sold for scrap 2 May 1973: Pomodon SS-486
Ralph Ignatowski. Ralph Anthony " Iggy " Ignatowski (April 8, 1926 – March 7, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps private who was captured and killed by the Japanese in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was a member of the Marine rifle company platoon who climbed to the top of Mount Suribachi and raised the American flag on ...