But, most unusual, the flag also featured a kill marking for a train. Yes, a train. On the USS Barb’s final patrol of the war, the eight men in the photo had destroyed a Japanese locomotive ...

The USS Barb, a Gato-class submarine under the command ... the team successfully planted explosives and destroyed an enemy train, marking the only instance in naval history where a submarine ...

He suggested the Barb could do something similar, connecting a micro switch to the rails that would be activated by the train itself. The USS Barb submarine is shown in San Francisco Bay near the ...

Once again, the Navy will have USS Barb in the fleet ... In July 1945, the Barb would claim its final conquest: not a ship at all, but a railroad train. Fluckey sent eight men from the surfaced ...

Political Violence Is the Exception — Except for the Palestinian Cause Task & Purpose has a terrific piece detailing how the USS Barb (SS-220) successfully “sank” a train — on the Japanese ...

Where does an old sea salt begin in telling the story of the World War II submarine USS ... up a train? In the space of five wartime patrols from May 1944 to August 1945, the crew of the Barb ...

The USS Barb, a 1,525-ton Gato class submarine ... and some of its crew made raid ashore that destroyed a railroad train. Barb ended World War II among the dozen top-scoring U.S. submarines ...

The USS Barb had an unusual target in its sights in 1945 - one that wasn't even in the water. It was a Japanese supply train on the island of Karafuto. National Treasure: The History of the Lie ...

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 Secretary of the ...