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.
During World War II, the USS Torsk, a Tench class submarine, was known for sinking several Japanese ships.
Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War. The submarine is now an attraction at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. The USS Growler was once a ...
As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.
During World War II, the USS Pampanito prowled the Pacific as a deadly predator, surviving torpedo ambushes, destroying enemy ships, and rescuing stranded prisoners of war in some of the ocean’s most ...
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