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USS Tang (SS 306) was launched at Mare Island #OTD in 1943. Under the command of Medal of Honor recipient Richard O'Kane, the Balao-class boat became the most combat successful #USNavy submarine in history, by tonnage & number of enemy vessels sunk.
#SilentService⚓️🇺🇸
Some of The Saturday Evening Post covers featuring Willie Gillis. Robert Buck served in the Navy during WWII and passed away in 2011.
I'm finding that it's not the first time though. Found it flying 2/6/2022 returning from an 8-month deployment with the Carl Vinson Strike Group. Replica flag on the right, the original was lost when Tang sunk.
Amazing! Surface ship flying a submarine battle flag!
DDG 77 is named for Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Richard O'Kane, who was CO of one of the most successful WWII US submarines, USS Tang (SS-306). https://t.co/jMUuQHRg97
@RMannhalter @AncientSubHunt I knew I'd seen this somewhere before😂
Battle flags of Balao-class submarines
🇺🇸USS Razorback (SS-394)
🇺🇸USS Redfish (SS-395)
🇺🇸USS Ronquil (SS-396)
🇺🇸USS Scabbardfish (SS-397)
𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 #𝘖𝘛𝘋 𝘪𝘯 1944 https://t.co/JarTyMP3pf
Hydeman's Hepcats:
The Flagship of all the Hellcats was Balao-class submarine USS Sea Dog (SS-401) with skipper Commander Earl T. Hydeman.
https://t.co/CvrVYimjrg
#USNavy Air Test & Evaluation Squadron (VX-23) "Salty Dogs" - Operating over the Atlantic Test Range, out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River since 1995
A Nighthawk and a Raptor for #NationalBirdDay
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