TANG

  • ACE U.S. SUB TANG LOST

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 6 minutes

    Off the China Coast • October 25, 1944 By October 1944 U.S. Navy submarine Tang and her skip­per Richard O’Kane were leg­en­dary. (O’Kane had earlier made a name for him­self aboard the U.S. Navy sub Wahoo as exec­u­tive officer under Dud­ley Walker “Mush” Mor­ton.) The Tang, a 312‑ft Balao-class sub­ma­rine, was credited during the war…

  • ACE U.S. SUB TANG LOST

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Off the China Coast · October 25, 1944 By October 1944 U.S. Navy submarine Tang and her skip­per Richard O’Kane were leg­en­dary. (O’Kane had earlier made a name for him­self aboard the Wahoo as exec­u­tive officer under Dud­ley Walker “Mush” Mor­ton.) The Tang, a Balao-class sub­ma­rine, was credited during the war years not only with sinking…

  • ACE U.S. SUB TANG LOST

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Off the China Coast · October 25, 1944 By October 1944 U.S. Navy submarine Tang and her skip­per Richard O’Kane were leg­en­dary. (O’Kane had earlier made a name for him­self aboard the Wahoo as exec­u­tive officer under Dud­ley Walker “Mush” Mor­ton.) The Tang, a Balao-class sub­ma­rine, was cre­dited during the war years with sinking 31 enemy…