USS Tang (SS-306)
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USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Tang. She was built and launched in 1943, serving until being sunk by her own torpedo of
USS Tang (SS-306) off Mare Island Navy Yard, December 1943
Original invitation for Tang's commissioning ceremony
USS Tang rescuing airmen off Truk in May 1944
Damage to USS Tang from its own torpedo
Richard O'Kane
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Richard Hetherington O'Kane was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding USS Tang in the Pacific War against Japan to the most succes
USS Tang (SS-306)
…torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait on 24 October 1944. In her short career in the Pacific War, Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons. Commander Richard O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements (23 and 24 October 1944). Tang was sunk during the last engagement by a circular run of her…
Commander Richard O'Kane, c. 1946
O'Kane (left) speaks with his commanding officer, Dudley Morton, on the bridge of the Wahoo c. February 1943
O'Kane with airmen rescued off Truk Island in May 1944
O'Kane as just-released prisoner of war, September 24, 1945