USS Barb (SS-220)
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USS Barb, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tiger barb, a genus of ray-finned fish. She compiled one of the most outstanding records of any U.S.
USS Barb "The Submarine that sank the greatest tonnage by Japanese Records"
Members of the submarine's demolition squad pose with her battle flag at the conclusion of her 12th war patrol. Taken at Pearl Harbor, August 1945.
Un'yō was a Taiyō-class escort carrier originally built as Yawata Maru, one of three Nitta Maru-class cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s. She was transferred to the Imperial Japanese Na
USS Barb (SS-220)
…During her twelve war patrols, Barb is officially credited with sinking 17 enemy vessels totaling 96,628 tons, including the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō. In recognition of one outstanding patrol, Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation. On her twelfth and final patrol of the war, she landed a party…
Un'yō in military service in 1943
Japanese passenger liner SS Yawata Maru
Un'yō steaming astern on 3 or 4 February
Un'yō and the destroyer Kishinami anchored off Yokosuka, 8 February 1944