USS Swordfish (SS-193)
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USS Swordfish, a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first Ame
Swordfish in 1939
Deli Maru
Swordfish Memorial at Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota
William S. Pye
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Vice Admiral William Satterlee Pye was a U.S. Navy officer who served during World War I and World War II, but never saw combat action. His last active-duty appointment was as President of the Naval W
USS Swordfish (SS-193)
…sinking Shoto Maru on 4 January and being sunk in return by her escort, Kaibokan CD-4, since no claims for Shoto Maru match her sinking time. Admiral William S. Pye's son, Lieutenant Commander John Briscoe Pye, was among those lost with Swordfish on her 13th and final war patrol. Navy Unit Commendation for the…
Vice Admiral William S. Pye, USN
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery