Doctors not onboard US Navy submarines What happens when you get sick on a submarine? When we think about the day to day operations of the submarine fleet, sickness isn’t something that normally comes up in a discussion. While crews today are larger than in t...
The Gato-class submarine uses both a diesel engine and an electric motor, and was the main submarine used by the U.S. during World War II. The 77 Gato-class submarines were charged with disrupting Japanese and German trade routes, delaying the transporta
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While there were known Japanesemidget submarines based in the Aleutians,and larger subs passing through, post-war records didn’t support a “kill” claim for this incident. Then came the Kiska and Adak operations until, finally,Longwas dispatched back to Pearl Harbor in September 1943 for some...
But by the close of WWII, the nature of naval combat had begun to change. Airplanes and submarines, vastly improved over their WWI counterparts, presented threats from above and below. A few years later, the advent of practical long-range guided missiles meant that adversaries no longer had ...
Hurriedly built as coastal defenders, the "O-class" appeared too late to see action in WWI, but later played a dramatic role in training the submariners of WWII who made such a significant contribution to help win the Pacific War.Sables, Robert P...
(in view of the Salerno landings September 9, 1943 –ed). Toward the end of operations at Bou Hanifia, a 1000-bed Venereal Disease Section had been established. The Dental Service attached to the 21st had performed 21,299 treatments. (ref. 21st General Hospital in WWII, by Paul G. ...
In 1944, during the Battle of Saipan, Japanese military scientists traveled to the island with a cargo of plague-carrying fleas to distribute around its runway—but their ship was sunk by US submarines before it reached its destination. The second plan involved arming the paper balloons produced...