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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. She was sunk near Okinawa on 27 February 1944. Her ...
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 ...
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao -class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun [ 6 ] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. 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.
Armament. 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 6 forward, 4 aft. 24 torpedoes [6] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Flier (SS-250) was a Gato -class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier.
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 ]
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring at least 390 ...
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 ...