Japanese Couldn't Believe One "Tiny" Destroyer Annihilated 6 Submarines in 12 Days — Shocked Navy

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Japanese Couldn't Believe One "Tiny" Destroyer Annihilated 6 Submarines in 12 Days — Shocked Navy

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At 0150 on May 19th, 1944, Lieutenant Commander Walton Pendleton stood in the cramped combat information center of USS England, watching his sonar operator track a contact moving at 6 knots beneath the black waters north of Bugenville. 37 years old, First War patrol as commanding officer, zero submarine kills. The Japanese Imperial Navy had station... Read More

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