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Captain John Philip Cromwell (September 11, 1901 – November 19, 1943) was the most senior submariner awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II and one of the three submarine officers who received it posthumously.
Whiting is best known for "Eternal Father, Strong to Save". [3] It is used by the Royal Navy for church services and was adopted by the United States Naval Academy, and so is often called "The Navy Hymn". [4] He also published two poetry collections: Rural Thoughts (1851) [3] Edgar Thorpe, or the Warfare of Life (1867) [2]
A 614-page book entitled USS Dorado (SS-248): On Eternal Patrol was published by Douglas E. Campbell in November 2011. Before she was lost, the American painter Thomas Hart Benton sailed aboard Dorado on her shakedown cruise , using that experience as the basis for his paintings Score Another for the Subs, In Slumber Deep , and The ...
Eternal Father, Strong to Save" is a British hymn traditionally associated with seafarers, particularly in the maritime armed services. Written in 1860, its author, William Whiting , was inspired by the dangers of the sea described in Psalm 107 .
The Lowestoft Boat used the words of the poem of the same name; Fate's Discourtesy – the poem "A Song in Storm". The words "Fate's discourtesy" appear in the refrain to all three verses. Edward German set the same poem to music for voice and piano in 1916, giving it the title of the first phrase "Be well assured". Submarines – the poem "Tin ...
On Eternal Patrol: USS R-12; r12sub.com R-12 (SS-89) Submarine: Official website of the exploration of the sunken US WWII submarine USS R-12; Ocean explorer discovers 5 sunken WWII subs, giving closure to hundreds of families. Anna Schecter and Rich Schapiro. NBC News. Loss of R-12, CDR John Alden USN Ret., The Submarine Review, July 2008 ...
USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry", which became the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Between 30 April and 22 June, the submarine made a patrol which returned her to Empire waters. Directed by an Ultra from Pearl Harbor, Trigger lay athwart the projected track of Admiral Koga's task force returning from Truk. Koga's force came in sight the morning of 22 May, but zigged away, out of range, "a bitter disappointment". [7]