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06, 2014
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06, 2014
Do You Believe It? Part I
Although there were many unusual occurrences on submarines during World War II, only one was turned into a comic by the famous Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. In today’s “Tidbit” we’ll set the scene with excerpts from the seventh war [...]
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06, 2014
What’s in a Name? Part IV
Ever wonder how the Navy goes about naming its vessels? Let the Naval History and Heritage Command, our parent command, bring you up to speed. Today we bring you part four of four of “Ship Naming in the United States [...]
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06, 2014
What’s in a Name? Part III
Ever wonder how the Navy goes about naming its vessels? Let the Naval History and Heritage Command, our parent command, bring you up to speed. Today we bring you part three of four of “Ship Naming in the United States [...]
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06, 2014
Medal of Honor Recipient CDR Samuel Dealey – May 2014
Samuel Dealey was born on September 13, 1906, in Dallas Texas, to a prominent Texas family. Indeed, his uncle was the founder and publisher of the Dallas Morning News. After graduation, as expected, young Samuel was appointed to the United [...]
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06, 2014
What’s in a Name? Part II
Ever wonder how the Navy goes about naming its vessels? Let the Naval History and Heritage Command, our parent command, bring you up to speed. Today we bring you part two of four of “Ship Naming in the United States [...]
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06, 2014
What’s in a Name? Part I
Ever wonder how the Navy goes about naming its vessels? Let the Naval History and Heritage Command, our parent command, bring you up to speed. Today we bring you part one of four of “Ship Naming in the United States [...]
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06, 2014
The Loss of USS HERRING (SS-233)
On 21 May 1944, USS HERRING (SS-233) began her eighth war patrol, setting out from Midway en route to the Kurile Islands, an archipelago that stretches over 800 miles from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia. On the morning of the [...]
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05, 2014
The Early Bird Doesn’t Get Left Topside
In the midst of her tenth war patrol, on the night of 9-10 November 1944, USS BARB (SS-220) latched onto a target, the Japanese light cruiser Gokoku, near the naval base at Sasebo. BARB put two torpedoes into the enemy [...]
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05, 2014
The Loss of USS STICKLEBACK (SS-415)
Commissioned on 29 March 1945, USS STICKLEBACK (SS-415) managed to squeeze in a two-day war patrol before the cease-fire was declared in mid-August. Less than a year later, she was decommissioned. But the Korean War brought the boat back into [...]