USS Tang became the most successful American submarine of World War II by sinking 33 enemy ships in just nine months of ...

Submarines are cool, there's no better way to put it. They're boats that travel underwater, and since military ones don't so much as have a single porthole, they use echo location to navigate. One of ...

USS Tang, commanded by Richard O’Kane, became one of the most successful American submarines of World War II in just five patrols. But on October 25, 1944, in the Formosa Strait, its final torpedo ...

Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end up going on perilous missions to disrupt material shipping, enemy vessels, ...

Richard Hetherington O’Kane was a submarine commander who served in WWII and has the most successful record of any submarine commander in U.S. history. He received three Silver Stars and three Navy ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. During World War II, the U.S. submarine Tang surfaced under cover of darkness to fire on a large Japanese convoy off the ...

There are three operational classes of attack submarines in its the U.S. Navy's large submarine fleet: the Los Angeles, the Seawolf, and the Virginia classes, with the Virginia being the newest. As ...