Submarine Service WWII
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@Vutxzzn2 NBC
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This comes from the CBS Documentary Victory at sea made in the early fifties
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comparing to german uboats, the us subs were like hotels :D
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"Mush" Morton @ 2:59??
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@Topher56ify They took aboard prisoners all the time
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3:24 looks like the dog Seaweed that was aboard USS Spadefish
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Aye, my father Frank William Materene was also a sparky aboard a GATO Class.
I have the cruise photo but I can't post it in this comment. There are no ss numbers on the Boat so it must have been blacked out and taken during the war. It has a unique sail with a forward smoking deck without handrails or guns. It has radar and a long radio whip on the aft sail, the radar is not the grid style but the rectangular solid small bow tie configuration.
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Guppy's, THE best dieselboats!!
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yes thats musch morton in this clip.
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@Yappabiddada lol
My Dad was senior radioman aboard USS Perch SS-176 when the boat was depth charged then scuttled on 3 March 1942. The 3 radiomen and 6 officers taken to Japan and tortured for info and worked as slaves in Ashio copper mines for 3 1/2 years until the end of the war. If any of you guys happen to have any unpublished photos, video, or info on USS Perch SS-176, please contact me. Many thanks!
Excellent video by the way! Thanks so very much for posting it.
crossroader 2 years ago 17
My Dad served in submarines in the pacific all through the second world war. Thank you for this insight into his life on board.
deelynn16 4 years ago 6