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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 ...
Coincidentally, Allied Intelligence formed the view that the Germans were planning to mount a missile attack on the United States, using V-1 or V-2 missiles adapted for launch at sea by submarines. This led to a vigorous response by the United States Navy , code-named Operation Teardrop , to find and destroy the Seewolf boats.
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
The Seawolf class is a class of nuclear-powered, fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. The class was the intended successor to the Los Angeles class, and design work began in 1983. [10] A fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period, but that was reduced to 12 submarines.
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.
Prototype "fleet submarines"—submarines fast enough (21 knots (11 m/s)) to travel with battleships. Twice the size of any concurrent or past U.S. submarine. A poor tandem engine design caused the boats to be decommissioned by 1923 and scrapped in 1930.
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 ...