By the time of USS Harder’s (SS-257) fifth and most famous war patrol, CDR. Samuel Dealey had already established himself as one of the Navy’s top submarine skippers. Commanding the Gato-class submarine Harder, Dealey and
After completing a patrol aboard the USS Barb (SS-220) as its executive officer, Eugene Fluckey took command of the submarine in April of 1944. Considered to be one of the most aggressive
Even before the USS Tang headed out on its fifth war patrol, its captain, CDR Richard “Dick” O’Kane was already one of the most successful submariners of the war. As executive officer of
Sculpin left Pearl Harbor for her ninth war patrol on November 5, 1943 with Captain John Cromwell aboard. Two weeks later she would be lost, a loss that went unrecognized for
On June 4, 1944 the US Navy performed a feat that had not been accomplished in over a century: it captured an enemy vessel at sea. The task force that
On 28 October 1923 Torpedoman 2nd Class Henry Breault was a member of the crew of USS O-5 (SS-66) when his ship collided with the Steamship Abangarez and sank in less than a minute.
Following an engine failure during test dives on May 12, 1939 the submarine USS Squalus sank. The ship had 56 crew and 3 civilian contractors on board. The main engine air induction
In March 1942 LCDR Howard Gilmore took command of the new USS Growler (SS-215) and sailed her to the Pacific theater. Now four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor Gilmore was
August 5, 1864 A Daring Plan Possessing the far larger and more capable navy, the Union sought to use its naval power to cut off all Confederate access to the
On the morning of April 18, 1942, eighty specially trained volunteer airmen climbed into sixteen B-25 bombers and set out for Tokyo, Japan in what became one of the most
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