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USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning the Presidential Unit Citation and nine battle stars for her service.
Sep. 16—GROTON — Pamela LaMorte never knew her big brother. Pasquale Charles Carracino, of Newark, N.J., was among 85 submariners lost in 1944 when the Groton-built USS Albacore hit a mine off ...
Seventy-seven Gato-class submarines were built during World War II, commissioned from November 1941 through April 1944. [1] The class was very successful in sinking Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels: the top three US submarines in tonnage sunk were Gatos, along with three of the top seven in number of ships sunk. [2]
James William Blanchard (25 September 1903 – 5 March 1987) [1] [2] was an American submarine commander during the Pacific War, who received the Navy Cross for dealing a crippling blow to the Japanese aircraft carrier TaihÅ on 19 June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, which led to her sinking later that day.
USS Albacore has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Albacore (SP-751), a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919; USS Albacore (SS-218), a fleet submarine commissioned in 1942 and sunk in 1944; USS Albacore (AGSS-569), an experimental test platform submarine in commission from 1953 to 1972
USS Albacore (SS-218) USS Albatross (AMS-1) SS Albert Gallatin; USS Alchemy (AM-141) MV Alert; SS Alexander Lillington; SS Alexander Macomb; SS Aloha State; SS Alpena (1942) USS Altamaha (CVE-18) USS Aludra (AK-72) USS Amberjack (SS-219) HMS Ameer (D01) SS Amelia Earhart; USS Ammen (DD-527) USS Andres; BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) SS Andrew ...
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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1943 Ship State Description USS De Haven United States Navy World War II: Operation Ke: The Fletcher-class destroyer was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean two nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Savo Island, Solomon Islands with the loss of 167 of her 329 crew.