On the night of October 24, 1944, US Navy submarine USS Tang was in the Taiwan Strait shadowing a massive convoy of Japanese tankers and transports. Tang was by then on its fifth war patrol, and as it ...
During the Second World War, the U.S. Navy referred to its submarines and their crews as “The Silent Service.” Fittingly, the late great historian Clay Blair Jr. – himself a WWII submariner – chose ...
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America's deadliest World War II submarine was killed by its last shot
USS Tang was the deadliest American submarine of World War II, credited with sinking 33 enemy ships across five combat patrols. Commanded by Richard O'Kane, she became one of the most feared ...
Submarines are cool, there's no better way to put it. They're boats that travel underwater, and since military ones don't so much as have a single porthole, they use echo location to navigate. One of ...
Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end up going on perilous missions to disrupt material shipping, enemy vessels, ...
October 12, Columbus Day, is currently having a difficult time maintaining its historic significance. So are the exploits of the greatest generation of fighters of World War II. It would be ...
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