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To: Gator101

Kane had the "Tang", right?


52 posted on 08/17/2006 6:02:31 PM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: Tallguy
Correct. O'Kane was the skipper of the USS Tang. He was the most succesful US Sub skipper of the war. The only thing that finally stopped him was a malfunctioning torpedo that had a circular run and sank the Tang. O'Kane survived though and saw the end of the war as a POW.

Great story if you ever get a chance to read it. The Bio I recommend is The Bravest Man by William Tuohy

O'Kane himself wrote a great book called Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine

63 posted on 08/18/2006 10:31:02 AM PDT by Gator101
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