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USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang. She was built and launched in 1943. In her short career, Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons Commander Richard O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements (23 and 24 October 1944).

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  • USS Tang (SS-306)
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  • USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang. She was built and launched in 1943. In her short career, Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons Commander Richard O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements (23 and 24 October 1944).
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  • USS Tang , off Mare Island Navy Yard, December 1943
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  • USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang. She was built and launched in 1943. In her short career, Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons Commander Richard O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements (23 and 24 October 1944). Tang was sunk during the last engagement by a circular run of her final torpedo, going down in of water. Several of the crew managed to reach the surface, and some survived to be captured by the Japanese. These were the first American submariners to escape a sunken submarine using a Momsen lung.
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