During World War II, the USS Torsk, a Tench class submarine, was known for sinking several Japanese ships.
The USS Lionfish was commissioned in 1944 and earned one battle star for service in World War II. It sank a Japanese submarine, rescued the crew of a B-29 bomber, and served as a training submarine.
As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.
The Torsk's sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades - that is until March 3 ...
Submarines operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres, attacking warships, merchant vessels and supply routes throughout the second World War.
Visitors can tour the vessel at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon, Michigan. The submarine was the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters in 1942. Christmas Eve, ...
In June 1943, a Kentucky congressman walked up to a microphone and gave Japan one of its greatest intelligence victories of WWII.
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