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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
USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo.Construction started before the U.S. entered World War II, and she was commissioned after entry.
A museum wing has been built in honor of their service in World War II. The museum is located in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, their hometown. It was completed in 2008. The opening occurred on November 15, 2008. [9] A memorial placed on the cruise ship docks of Juneau, Alaska, to the crew of USS Juneau, including the five Sullivan brothers
Howard Walter Gilmore (September 29, 1902 – February 7, 1943) was a submarine commander in the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his self-sacrifice during World War II.
Rollmann and his crew were killed on 5 November 1943 when U-848 was sunk by US aircraft south-west of Ascension in the mid-Atlantic. [35] Jürgen von Rosenstiel † 4 14 78,843 Rosenstiel (1912–1942) commanded U-502. On his fourth patrol, on 5 July 1942 U-502 was sunk by a British Wellington bomber in the Bay of Biscay. All of the crew were ...
Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC (23 June 1910 – 21 September 2012) was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop, around-the-world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and the only person to command a British submarine on both the first and last days of World War II.
Donaho became Commanding Officer of the submarine USS Flying Fish (SS-229) during her fitting out in November 1941. He led the submarine in five war patrols in the Pacific during World War II and sunk four vessels totaling 28,000 tons, and damaging two others totaling 12,620 tons. He was promoted to lieutenant commander at the beginning of 1942 ...