Archive for January 18th, 2007
Remembering USS Scorpion SS-278
During her first three war patrols, Scorpion was credited with sinking 4 enemy vessels totaling 18,316 tons. While returning to Pearl Harbor from her first war patrol, Scorpion sighted and engaged a 100-ton patrol vessel, which she left burning to the waterline. She stalked, fired on, and finally torpedoed and sank a 600-ton patrol ship. [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2007 under Submarines.
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