The USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine designed to sink ships, and in her short career, that's precisely what she did. The Tang has an impressive war record, having sunk 33 enemy ships from the ...

The USS Tang sunk a total of 31 vessels, and earned O'Kane a level of prestige as a submarine commander few see in their lifetime. Because of his success with the USS Wahoo before the Tang, ...

The USS Tang was sunk in 1944 when one of her own torpedoes malfunctioned and O’Kane was captured. He lost all but eight members of his crew. #9 Medal of Honor. Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons.

USS Tang: The World War II Navy Submarine That Somehow Sank Itself. December 22, ... In yet another ironic twist of fate, that IJN frigate was also carrying survivors of Tang’s previous sinking.

The USS Tang has been credited with sinking 33 ships. Among the survivors, Commander O’Kane and his crew were taken to Japanese POW camps, where they remained until the war ended.

Researchers found a 1940s car in the hangar deck of the USS 'Yorktown' while exploring the wreckage of the World War II aircraft carrier, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II in ...

It seems fighter planes and bombers weren't the only vehicles aboard a famous U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II. A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the ...

When the USS Eagle sank eighty years ago off the coast of Maine, it was ruled an accident. Now it's known to be one of the last US ships sunk by the Germans in World War Two, and the crew is ...

The final Essex-class aircraft carrier constructed, the USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), arrived too late to see service during the Second World War. However, after a successful career with the United ...

The USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine designed to sink ships, and in her short career, that's precisely what she did. The Tang has an impressive war record, having sunk 33 enemy ships from the ...