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Dudley Walker Morton (July 17, 1907 – October 11, 1943), nicknamed "Mushmouth" or "Mush", was a submarine commander of the United States Navy during World War II.He was commander of the USS Wahoo (SS-238) during its third through seventh patrols.
Of the 1,196 sailors, 300 were killed aboard and 317 rescued. Others died from exposure and shark attacks (reported to be the third largest number in history, after the sinking of the HMT Nova Scotia, and the HMT Laconia). Survivors floated, some just in life jackets, for four days before being rescued. 880 Navy 1941 Italy
German submarine U-110 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 9 May 1941 and provided a number of secret cipher documents to the British.
Friedman, then a dental assistant on a break, was allegedly the woman in one of the most famous pictures of the 20th century. Woman who claimed to be kissed by sailor in famed photo at World War ...
The number of soldiers Pavlichenko is credited with killing during World War II was 309, [12] [9] including 36 Axis snipers. In June 1942, Pavlichenko was hit in the face with shrapnel from a mortar shell. When she was injured, the Soviet High Command ordered for her to be evacuated from Sevastopol via submarine. [13]
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]
That night, the submarine fired six torpedoes at a ship that was being towed by a smaller freighter. Five of the torpedoes missed, and the sixth made a circular run and passed over the submarine's engine room. A shaken crew broke off the attack. On 20 March, the submarine launched three torpedoes at the lead ship in a convoy of four cargo ships.
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]