Served aboard a GATO class (SS245) USS Cobia - now moored along the Manitowoc River, adjacent to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. 
Also the GUPPY USS Picuda (SS382), transferred to Spain in 1972. 
Posted on 05/24/2019 10:35:36 AM PDT by DFG
A historic Second World War submarine took to the waters for the first time in nearly 50 years when heavy rains flooded its military museum home - causing it to refloat.
The USS Batfish, a 77-year-old Balao-class submarine, was placed on display at the Muskogee's War Memorial Park in Oklahoma - a region that has experienced flash flooding and tornadoes this week - causing rivers to flood and banks to spill over.
Dry docked in a park alongside the Arkansas River since 1973, flooded water brought the USS Batfish - best known for sinking three Japanese Imperial Warships during a 76-hour period in 1945 - back to life as it floated comfortably once more.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The three imperial vessels / subs sank in a bit over three days in 1945, I’d guess (without looking it up) took place during the Battle of Okinawa, which was one of the biggest battles in history, and a lot of ships went down, including the Japanese suicide ships, the Japanese’ (and history’s) largest battleship, and more.
related topic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3751788/posts
That’s just an amazing record!
Ping
Some or all of those subs had radar, looking for Allied ships, but also broadcasting “I’m here! Come and get me!”, which the Batfish did.
Oops......nothing like shining a flashlight in the dark
Dive dive!
Oh, wait a minute.
5.56mm
[snip] The famed submarine was a powerful U.S. weapon during World War II. Named for a ferocious West Indian fish, the Batfish sank 15 Japanese vessels during the war, among them three submarines in just 76 hours. The latter accomplishment has not since been matched and U.S.S. Batfish to this day remains the most successful submarine killing sub in history [/snip]
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This crew was well trained and capable!
I guess there was no ‘gender-integration’.
Maybe if so, they could have sunk the whole Jap fleet.
The Allies had triangulation sites set up along the coast.
The sub got nailed by aircraft.
Oops!
On my ship, there was a saying when relieving someone from aft midwatch: “Look out for Sea Bats.”
Had no idea they existed in Oklahoma.
I toured the Batfish when she was berthed on the Mississippi River at Naval Station New Orleans. Cub Scouts, late 60’s.
A sign from God to the Midwest fly over country that the United States is going to war and it will think its enemies.
It is sitting in water, but I doubt that it is floating. Not deep enough to lift it.
Propped up in silty water is actually pretty appropriate for a stealthy sub named after a bottom dwelling camouflaged fish known to prop itself up on its chunky leglike fins in silty water….
There was one gender integrated sub in WWII. They sunk a truck.
CC
ping
You learn something new every day.
I like the movie “Down Periscope” and when the Captain calls down “Give me all you got Howie” and the older guy engineer calls back “This is what I live for! DBF!”
I never knew what he meant by DBF - Now I do “Diesel Boats Forever”
Now I know
Thanks for the ping LL...that is just crazy!
The actual story is that she was acquired for the museum in Muskogee and brought up the river on six barges. I was there, on the barges.
Served aboard a GATO class (SS245) USS Cobia - now moored along the Manitowoc River, adjacent to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
Also the GUPPY USS Picuda (SS382), transferred to Spain in 1972.
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