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"BATFISH" The Champion ‘Submarine Killer’ Submarine of World War II. - By Hughston E. Lowder with Jack Scott. Hughston Lowder was a radioman and soundman aboard USS Batfish (SS-310) in World War II and served aboard the sub from the very beginning. Batfish was constructed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire, launched May 5, 1943 and commissioned on August 21, 1943. The submarine earned nine battle stars and the coveted Presidential Unit Citation for her World War II service in the Pacific. Batfish sank 14 Japanese ships damaging three others during her seven exciting war patrols. In a three-day period in 1945, Batfish sank three Japanese submarines! Here is her fantastic story from World War II, including her voyage to her new museum home in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A Hardback "Book Club" edition with dust jacket. 251 pages, 18 black and white photos, an index and complete Batfish crew roster. Never published in paperback.

 

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