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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 13 battle stars for World War II service Seawolf ranked fourteenth in confirmed tonnage sunk (71,609 tons), the most for a Sargo -class submarine. She tied for seventh with the submarines USS Rasher (SS-269) and USS Trigger (SS-237) in confirmed ships sunk, according to the postwar accounting of the Joint ...
Seawolf Park is a memorial to USS Seawolf (SS-197), a United States Navy Sargo-class submarine mistakenly sunk by U.S. Navy forces in 1944 during World War II. It is located on Pelican Island ( 29°20′03″N 94°46′45″W / 29.33417°N 94.77917°W / 29.33417; -94.77917 ), just north of Galveston , Texas , in the United States
USS Seawolf may refer to: USS Seawolf (SS-28), renamed USS H-1 before launching, was the lead ship of the H-class of submarine. Commissioned in 1913, she ran aground and sank in 1920; USS Seawolf (SS-197) was a Sargo-class submarine. Commissioned in 1939, she was successful during World War II until she was lost to friendly fire in 1944
USS Seawolf (SS-197) 1 December 1939: Tambor: 12: USS Tambor (SS-198) 16 January 1939: USS Grayback (SS-208) 30 June 1941: Mackerel: 2: USS Mackerel (SS-204) 6 October 1939: USS Marlin (SS-205) 1 August 1941: Gato: 77: USS Drum (SS-228) 11 September 1940: USS Croaker (SS-246) 21 April 1944: USS Drum was only boat actually commissioned before US ...
Frederick Burdett Warder (March 19, 1904 – February 1, 2000) was a highly decorated United States Navy submarine officer during World War II.He was a two time recipient of the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat, and a four time recipient of the Legion of Merit for meritorious service.
Destroyed by Japanese aircraft 10 Dec 1941. First US submarine lost in World War II. SS-196 Searaven: SS-197 Seawolf: Accidentally sunk by US Navy destroyer escort 3 Oct 1944. SS-198 Tambor: Lead boat of a class of 12 SS-199 Tautog: Highest scoring US submarine of World War II. SS-200 Thresher: SS-201 Triton: Sunk 15 April 1943 by Japanese ...
USS Seawolf (SSN-21), is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and the lead ship of her class. She is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf , a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth that give it a savage look.
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled , beryllium-moderated [2] [3] nuclear reactor, the S2G. [4]