Battle flag of USS Barb (SS-220) including the train the crew derailed in an operation to the Japanese home islands in World War II. USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park photo ...

In the space of five wartime patrols from May 1944 to August 1945, the crew of the Barb gathered enough sea stories to last a lifetime, fill a book and, just maybe, make a Hollywood movie to rival ...

Members of the USS Barb's crew hold the submarine's battle flag aloft after returning from a final patrol in 1945. The train kill can be seen in the bottom-center of the flag.

A World War II Navy veteran who served on board USS Barb (SS 220) visited Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay and toured the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 32), Aug. 20.

USS Barb, submarine star of World War II. ... Barbs torpedoes sank two more ships, a freighter and the escort Kaibokan No. 112, and some of its crew made raid ashore that destroyed a railroad train.

When one reads about the exploits of the World War II-era Gato-class United States Navy submarine, USS Barb (SS-220), one almost sits in disbelief that any Navy crew pulled off the kind of ...

Once again, the Navy will have USS Barb in the fleet. Once again, ... Barb crew members earned six Navy Crosses, 23 Silver Stars and 23 Bronze Stars, among other awards.

Veterans Day brings out the pride in Barbara Bove, daughter of the Navy’s storied and most-decorated World War II submariner, Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, skipper of the USS Barb. And, no ...

The first USS Barb, designated SS-220, was deployed in 1943 to the Pacific Fleet during World War II, and "sank 17 enemy vessels, including an aircraft carrier, and even landed troops to blow up a ...