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They Blew Up a Submarine With Potatoes – WW2's Most Bizarre Defeat

In the Solomon Islands, the decorated destroyer, USS O'Bannon, cuts through black Pacific waters, closing in within 100 yards of a Japanese submarine. But now, Lucky O is a little too close. MacDonald ...
Task & Purpose

Meet the last survivor of America’s most lethal World War II sub

Sept. 2 marks the 75th anniversary of the formal Japanese surrender ceremony that officially brought World War II to an end. Navy veteran William “Bill” Leibold remembers that time well. He had just ...
Newsweek

Soviet World War II-Era Submarine Discovered Off Russia’s Pacific Coast

A submarine that sunk during World War II has been discovered off the Pacific Coast, Russia's Pacific Fleet said Monday. The Malyutka-class submarine went missing during the war in the Peter the Great ...
The National Interest

Tench-Class Submarines: From Pacific Warfighters to Cold War Hunters

In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. Navy submarine force faced a rapid shift of priorities, away from the tactics that were so successful against Japan to a new type of warfare against the ...
Military Times

How a WWII ace became the unlikely honoree of a submarine combat award

The United States Navy produced scores of fighter aces during World War II in the Pacific, but arguably most unique among them was one airman who, after his flying career was interrupted by enemy ...