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.
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These subs were sunk off the Philippines after receiving intel from the broken Jap code. I read the whole story from an intel side that talked about the sub cordon the USN set up to catch these subs. Can’t remember the doc.
Thanks xone! Amazing achievement -- they relied on intel and navigation without anything like GPS.
http://www.ussbatfish.com/patrol-6.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Batfish_(SS-310)#1943-1945
Sleeping giant was right.
My boat was the Greenfish SS-351. served on her 71 - 73. She was decommissioned in 1973 and sold to Brazil.
My hitch with the Cobia was '51-'52. She was decommissioned soon after and I thought she had gone to the breakers. Was astonished to find out in 2003 that she was in Wisconsin.
Paid her a visit and noticed she still had that diesel smell about her. Was sobering to see a boat you had served on being treated as a museum piece. :-)
Bttt!!
Interesting. I guess that someone fibbed to me then. Wouldn’t be the first time. :)
No, just got it wrong.
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