Throughout our nation’s history, eight different submariners have earned the Medal of Honor. Seven of the eight recipients were commanders of attack submarines in the
While on its first war patrol, the USS Tirante (SS-420), commanded by Lieutenant Commander George Street, made the fateful decision to enter enemy-held Cheju harbor on Quelpart
In the early years of World War II, Lawson “Red” Ramage served aboard USS Grenadine (SS-210) and commanded the USS Trout (SS-202). While aboard Trout, Ramage had damaged the Japanese light-carrier Taiyo in
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Through education, leadership, and inspiring spaces for learning and reflection, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation preserves and expands the impact of the 3,519 awarded Medal of Honor recipients and the more than 40 million Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the Civil War.
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