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Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II, all but one, Dorado (SS-248), were lost in the Pacific theater of operations. [5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee ...
United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe is a classic history of the role of the United States Navy submarines in World War II, earning him the title of "grandfather" of World War II American Submarine historiography. [1] Because the book was written shortly after the war, later scholars have found errors or ...
Excluding special underwater craft such as midget submarines, the German Kriegsmarine lost 765 submarines to all causes during World War II [6] in addition to 150 submarines scuttled in German-held ports in northern Europe during the first week of May 1945 by their crews to avoid surrendering them to the Allies, [7] while Japan lost 129 ...
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
USS Albacore (SS-218) USS. Albacore. (SS-218) USS Albacore in Measure 9 camouflage (dull black) off Groton, Connecticut, on 9 May 1942. 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.
USS. Grayback. (SS-208) USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring, Coregonus artedi. She ranked 20th among all U.S. submarines in total tonnage sunk during World War II, with 63,835 tons, and 24th in number of ships sunk, with 14.
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. 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 ]
USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range Tambor -class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years before the country entered World War II. Gudgeon scored 14 confirmed kills, placing her 15th on the honor roll of ...