USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
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USS Gudgeon was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II. She was the last of the long-range Tambor-class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years befo
Gudgeon anchored off Mare Island California
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Tambor-class submarine
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The Tambor-class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. They were the USN's first fully successful fleet submarine, and began the war close to the fig
USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
…Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range Tambor-class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years before the country entered World War II. Gudgeon scored 14 confirmed kills, placing…
USS Tambor (SS-198)
Periscope photo of a Japanese merchant ship sinking.