Willis Lent
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Willis Ashford Lent, nicknamed "Pilly", was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Serving as commanding officer of the Tambor-class submarine USS Triton during the Second World War, Lent made the
Willis A. Lent
USS Triton (SS-201)
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USS Triton was the fourth Tambor-class submarine to be commissioned in the United States Navy in the years leading up to the country's December 1941 entry into World War II. Her wartime service was in
Willis Lent
…1904 – August 28, 1959), nicknamed "Pilly", was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Serving as commanding officer of the Tambor-class submarine USS Triton during the Second World War, Lent made the first torpedo attack against the Japanese of the war. Lent was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and…
SS-201 Triton, c. 1940
USS Triton at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 16 July 1942
Japanese destroyer Nenohi