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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...