An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

NPR ^ | February 19, 20235:00 AM ET | EMMA BOWMAN Twitter

[sasquatch]

Closure for some I hope.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Can’t imagine serving on one.

[Vigilanteman]

An interesting little tactical note is that American submarines preyed mostly on lightly armed merchant vessels, not unlike what the Germans did in the Atlantic.

The Japanese considered this cowardly and deployed their submarines almost exclusively against warships. The USS Yorktown actually survived the Battle of Midway but was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while being towed back to Pearl Harbor on June 7, 1942.

The Yorktown and its' escorting destroyer Hammann sunk by the same submarine, thus became the last naval vessels sunk in the battle.

[fidelis]

Can’t imagine serving on one.

Same here. Or on any Navy warship during wartime.

[dfwgator]

One of our submarines is missing….

[BenLurkin]

“On 2 July, Albacore shifted over to intercept traffic between Yap and the Palau Islands. The submarine spotted a wooden inter-island steamer loaded with Japanese civilians. Albacore decided to stage a surface gun attack. After ensuring the ship was afire, Albacore dived to avoid an airplane. The submarine surfaced soon thereafter and picked up five survivors. The sunken vessel was the Taimei Maru from Yap to Palau.[15]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Albacore_(SS-218)

[Navy Patriot]

Always Remembered

[NewHampshireDuo]

Very interesting. Had me for a minute as there’s a USS Albacore that serves as a museum in Portsmouth (NH) harbor. Turns out this Albacore was the 3rd sub with the name. It was a research vessel to try out new features for submarines.

See https://www.ussalbacore.org/about

[oldvirginian]

Here’s to the old pig boat sailors...a breed apart.

[NWFree]

RIP salute to these brave kids

[stickandrudder]

Now find the Triton SS-201. A distant cousin is on it. Lost about March 15, 1943

[sten]

serving on a naval ship at sea is the closest experience we have for serving aboard a space faring vessel.

only thing closer would be a sub itself.

[GingisK]

Lame rescue after knowingly sinking it.

[frank ballenger]

Amen.

God bless their souls.

Another reminder of how we have a free republic thanks to the service and sacrifice of so many who came before us.

[PeterPrinciple]

Lame rescue after knowingly sinking it.

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It was a tradition of subs early on to rescue survivors.

Also a source of informaion.

[Equine1952]

Been there here dons that. The modern boats are the Hilton compared to the old diesel boats. Those guys were truly a tough group. RIP guys you did a hell of a job. There’s several more lost out around Japan.

[Mark]

bkmk

[hoosierham]

Attack a wooden ship full of civilians?

Sorry sailors ,I’m having difficulty squaring this with American ideals.

[NorthMountain]

American submarines preyed on anything that flew a Japanese flag.