The USS Tang's fifth and final war patrol was filled with more chaos than most people see in lifetime. In its second to last day at sea, the Tang encountered a large Japanese convoy that included ...

The USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine designed to sink ships, and in her short career, that's precisely what she did. The Tang has an impressive war record, having sunk 33 enemy ships from the ...

On October 24, 1944, during World War II, the USS Tang sank off the coast of China. The submarine was destroyed by its own torpedo, which slammed into the port side while launching an attack on a ...

The USS Tang was credited with 10 kills at 39,160 tons on its third war patrol. Leaving Pearl Harbor on June 8, 1944, the USS Tang was sent to the East China and Yellow Sea areas.

Commissioned in 1998, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was named for Rear Adm. Richard O'Kane, who received the Medal of Honor for commanding the Balao-class submarine USS Tang ...

The USS Tang was sunk in 1944 when one of her own torpedoes malfunctioned and O’Kane was captured. He lost all but eight members of his crew. #9 Medal of Honor. Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons.

The USS Tang – named for a fish species and not for the powdered orange juice drink popularized by the Gemini astronauts – was a Balao-class submarine.

O’Kane went on to command USS Tang (SS 306), a legendary WW II submarine. During five war patrols, Tang was credited with sinking more than 30 ships, displacing over 118,000 tons, ...

It was an omen that proved true, as O'Kane went on to command the USS Tang to the most ships sunk in a single patrol. The Olympia crew plans to spend some time in the boat's namesake city ...

The USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine designed to sink ships, and in her short career, that's precisely what she did. The Tang has an impressive war record, having sunk 33 enemy ships from the ...

Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end up going on perilous missions to disrupt material shipping, enemy ...