During World War II, the USS Torsk, a Tench class submarine, was known for sinking several Japanese ships.
The USS Lionfish was commissioned in 1944 and earned one battle star for service in World War II. It sank a Japanese submarine, rescued the crew of a B-29 bomber, and served as a training submarine.
The US Navy submarine is open to the public for tours at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. Visitors can walk through its torpedo rooms, control room, and bunks that held its crew of 80 men.
Visitors can tour the vessel at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon, Michigan. The submarine was the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters in 1942. Christmas Eve, ...
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