This was a Tambor-class submarine and one of the most successful ones in the war. It is credited with sinking 26 Japanese ships for a total of 72,600 tons. This put the Tautog first in number of ships sunk and 11th in tonnage among American submarines.
It was commissioned July 3, 1940, and went on its first war patrol Dec. 26, 1941. the sub was scrapped in 1960.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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