Last Rank
Ensign
Last Primary Designator/NEC
117X-Unrestricted Line Officer - in training for Submarine Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Officer
Last Duty Station
1944-1944, USS Tang (SS-306)
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number 0-270818
Birth Date June 4, 1921
From East Palatka, Florida
Decorations Silver Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Sunk in north end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Basil was born in Wilton, Connecticut.
Mr. & Mrs. Basil Charles Pearce Sr., East Palatka, Florida; letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the loss of their son:
"Your son, Ensign Basil Charles Pearce, Jr. (1921-1944), U.S. Naval Reserve, has been carried on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing as of 25 October 1944 xxx board the USS Tang when that vessel was struck by its own torpedo and sank in the Formosa Strait.
"On the night of 24-25 October 1944 the Tang was conducting a war patrol in the Formosa Strait in an area approximately midway between Amoy and Fuchow on the China Coast. The submarine had contacted an enemy convoy and had launched several torpedoes scoring numerous hits. At approximately 2:00 a.m. the last torpedo was fired from the stern tubes while the submarine was on the surface. This torpedo made an erratic run, turned, and struck the stern of the Tang. The resulting explosion was very violent and the vessel sank by the stern in about 45 seconds. After the sinking, personnel remaining on board in unflooded compartments, were able to level off the submarine and in spite of the presence of Japanese patrol vessels, thirteen managed to escape. Of this thirteen only nine were able to stay afloat until they were picked up by one of the Japanese escort vessels which was rescuing Japanese troops and personnel from the ships sunk by the Tang during the night. The nearest land to the position where the Tang sank was Okseu Island about nine miles to the south. The immediate vicinity was searched by Japanese vessels for several hours in an attempt to rescue their own personnel. It is regretted that your son was not among the survivors rescued by these Japanese vessels and no additional information concerning him has been received by the Navy Department.
"In view of the length of time that has now elapsed since your son was officially determined to be missing in action, because of the strong probability that he lost his life in the sinking of the Tang and in view of the fact that his name has not appeared on any lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased.
"I know what little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very simply, that I am sorry. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the thought that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest traditions of the Navy."Sincerely yours, James Forrestal."
Palatka Daily News, Thursday, 3 Jan 1946.
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. George Alexander officiating. A fraternal service will also be conducted by members of the BPOE #1232, it was announced. Basil Pearce was born in Wilton, Conn., Jun 4, 1921, but had lived his entire life in this city. He graduated from the Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga., in 1938 and from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1943. He was assigned to the Prairie State Training vessel in the Hudson River and commissioned an ensign in the USNR in 1943. After taking overseas training at Bermuda, he volunteered for submarine training school and received training at New London Conn. He left for duty in the Pacific in April 1944 and was lost on his second patrol aboard the Submarine Tang on October 26 off Formosa in the China Sea. W. Carl Davis & Son was in charge of arrangements. Besides the parents a sister, Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Wilton, Conn, survives. Palatka Daily News, Tuesday, 15 Jan 1946.
On her first four patrols in the Pacific, the Tang sank 17 Japanese ships (72,000 tons) and had earned a Presidential Unit Citation for its third patrol in mid-1944.
Departing Pearl Harbor on September 24, 1944, the USS Tang into waters near the Formosa Strait. On the night of October 10-11, 1944, the Tang sank two freighters – Joshu Go and Gita Maru.
Further on her patrol, Tang encountered a large Japanese convoy on October 23 and moved in for a night surface attack. The USS Tang fired a spread of torpedoes that smashed into three different ships, blowing the stern off of the farthest ship in the line. Coming quickly about to line up its stern tubes, the Tang had to quickly dodge a tanker that had turned to ram the submarine. Missing the Tang, this wayward tanker crashed into another Japanese tanker instead. Free of immediate danger, the Tang lined up on its immobile target and fired four more torpedoes from its stern at 400 yards. As the last tanker exploded in flames, the Tang evaded an escort destroyer bearing down on it.
The very next night, October 24, 1944, the Tang found yet another Japanese convoy. The ever-aggressive Tang moved in and fired six torpedoes at three of the ships. Following the convoy, the Tang turned and fired her stern torpedoes at another freighter and a tanker. The Tang's torpedoes found the tanker, which blew up, and another struck a nearby Japanese destroyer that had raced around the tanker's stern. While the destroyer sank, the tanker remained afire and afloat.
With its last two torpedoes, Tang took dead aim on the listless tanker. The last of her 24 torpedoes – an electric Mark 18 – broached the surface, made a hard-left turn and circled towards the Tang. Sensing the immediate danger, her captain Dick O'Kane called for flank ahead speed, but even that maneuver did not save the Tang as its own torpedo – it's very last – struck the sub near the stern. The explosion flooded three compartments and the submarine began to sink. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, three were able to swim through the night. Of the men inside the sinking submarine, 13 were able to escape to the surface using the Momsen Lung, but only 5 of those men were able to swim long enough till being picked up by the Japanese Navy.
On what would have been one of the most successful patrols by any U.S. submarine, a fluke torpedo led to terrible tragedy. Captain Dick O'Kane and the other survivors were taken on board the Japanese ship by survivors of the ships they had just sunk. O'Kane would be a POW for the rest of the war.
For this final patrol in which the USS Tang sank seven ships (21,772 tons), the submarine would be awarded its second Presidential Unit Citation and O'Kane would receive the Medal of Honor. O'Kane and the Tang would ultimately be credited with sinking 24 ships (93,824 tons) – making O'Kane the top submarine skipper of the war*.
Ensign
Last Primary Designator/NEC
117X-Unrestricted Line Officer - in training for Submarine Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Officer
Last Duty Station
1944-1944, USS Tang (SS-306)
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number 0-270818
Birth Date June 4, 1921
From East Palatka, Florida
Decorations Silver Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Sunk in north end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Basil was born in Wilton, Connecticut.
Mr. & Mrs. Basil Charles Pearce Sr., East Palatka, Florida; letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the loss of their son:
"Your son, Ensign Basil Charles Pearce, Jr. (1921-1944), U.S. Naval Reserve, has been carried on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing as of 25 October 1944 xxx board the USS Tang when that vessel was struck by its own torpedo and sank in the Formosa Strait.
"On the night of 24-25 October 1944 the Tang was conducting a war patrol in the Formosa Strait in an area approximately midway between Amoy and Fuchow on the China Coast. The submarine had contacted an enemy convoy and had launched several torpedoes scoring numerous hits. At approximately 2:00 a.m. the last torpedo was fired from the stern tubes while the submarine was on the surface. This torpedo made an erratic run, turned, and struck the stern of the Tang. The resulting explosion was very violent and the vessel sank by the stern in about 45 seconds. After the sinking, personnel remaining on board in unflooded compartments, were able to level off the submarine and in spite of the presence of Japanese patrol vessels, thirteen managed to escape. Of this thirteen only nine were able to stay afloat until they were picked up by one of the Japanese escort vessels which was rescuing Japanese troops and personnel from the ships sunk by the Tang during the night. The nearest land to the position where the Tang sank was Okseu Island about nine miles to the south. The immediate vicinity was searched by Japanese vessels for several hours in an attempt to rescue their own personnel. It is regretted that your son was not among the survivors rescued by these Japanese vessels and no additional information concerning him has been received by the Navy Department.
"In view of the length of time that has now elapsed since your son was officially determined to be missing in action, because of the strong probability that he lost his life in the sinking of the Tang and in view of the fact that his name has not appeared on any lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased.
"I know what little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very simply, that I am sorry. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the thought that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest traditions of the Navy."Sincerely yours, James Forrestal."
Palatka Daily News, Thursday, 3 Jan 1946.
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. George Alexander officiating. A fraternal service will also be conducted by members of the BPOE #1232, it was announced. Basil Pearce was born in Wilton, Conn., Jun 4, 1921, but had lived his entire life in this city. He graduated from the Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga., in 1938 and from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1943. He was assigned to the Prairie State Training vessel in the Hudson River and commissioned an ensign in the USNR in 1943. After taking overseas training at Bermuda, he volunteered for submarine training school and received training at New London Conn. He left for duty in the Pacific in April 1944 and was lost on his second patrol aboard the Submarine Tang on October 26 off Formosa in the China Sea. W. Carl Davis & Son was in charge of arrangements. Besides the parents a sister, Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Wilton, Conn, survives. Palatka Daily News, Tuesday, 15 Jan 1946.
On her first four patrols in the Pacific, the Tang sank 17 Japanese ships (72,000 tons) and had earned a Presidential Unit Citation for its third patrol in mid-1944.
Departing Pearl Harbor on September 24, 1944, the USS Tang into waters near the Formosa Strait. On the night of October 10-11, 1944, the Tang sank two freighters – Joshu Go and Gita Maru.
Further on her patrol, Tang encountered a large Japanese convoy on October 23 and moved in for a night surface attack. The USS Tang fired a spread of torpedoes that smashed into three different ships, blowing the stern off of the farthest ship in the line. Coming quickly about to line up its stern tubes, the Tang had to quickly dodge a tanker that had turned to ram the submarine. Missing the Tang, this wayward tanker crashed into another Japanese tanker instead. Free of immediate danger, the Tang lined up on its immobile target and fired four more torpedoes from its stern at 400 yards. As the last tanker exploded in flames, the Tang evaded an escort destroyer bearing down on it.
The very next night, October 24, 1944, the Tang found yet another Japanese convoy. The ever-aggressive Tang moved in and fired six torpedoes at three of the ships. Following the convoy, the Tang turned and fired her stern torpedoes at another freighter and a tanker. The Tang's torpedoes found the tanker, which blew up, and another struck a nearby Japanese destroyer that had raced around the tanker's stern. While the destroyer sank, the tanker remained afire and afloat.
With its last two torpedoes, Tang took dead aim on the listless tanker. The last of her 24 torpedoes – an electric Mark 18 – broached the surface, made a hard-left turn and circled towards the Tang. Sensing the immediate danger, her captain Dick O'Kane called for flank ahead speed, but even that maneuver did not save the Tang as its own torpedo – it's very last – struck the sub near the stern. The explosion flooded three compartments and the submarine began to sink. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, three were able to swim through the night. Of the men inside the sinking submarine, 13 were able to escape to the surface using the Momsen Lung, but only 5 of those men were able to swim long enough till being picked up by the Japanese Navy.
On what would have been one of the most successful patrols by any U.S. submarine, a fluke torpedo led to terrible tragedy. Captain Dick O'Kane and the other survivors were taken on board the Japanese ship by survivors of the ships they had just sunk. O'Kane would be a POW for the rest of the war.
For this final patrol in which the USS Tang sank seven ships (21,772 tons), the submarine would be awarded its second Presidential Unit Citation and O'Kane would receive the Medal of Honor. O'Kane and the Tang would ultimately be credited with sinking 24 ships (93,824 tons) – making O'Kane the top submarine skipper of the war*.
Last Rank
Ensign
Last Primary Designator/NEC
117X-Unrestricted Line Officer - in training for Submarine Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Officer
Last Duty Station
1944-1944, USS Tang (SS-306)
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number 0-270818
Birth Date June 4, 1921
From East Palatka, Florida
Decorations Silver Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Sunk in north end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Basil was born in Wilton, Connecticut.
Mr. & Mrs. Basil Charles Pearce Sr., East Palatka, Florida; letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the loss of their son:
"Your son, Ensign Basil Charles Pearce, Jr. (1921-1944), U.S. Naval Reserve, has been carried on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing as of 25 October 1944 xxx board the USS Tang when that vessel was struck by its own torpedo and sank in the Formosa Strait.
"On the night of 24-25 October 1944 the Tang was conducting a war patrol in the Formosa Strait in an area approximately midway between Amoy and Fuchow on the China Coast. The submarine had contacted an enemy convoy and had launched several torpedoes scoring numerous hits. At approximately 2:00 a.m. the last torpedo was fired from the stern tubes while the submarine was on the surface. This torpedo made an erratic run, turned, and struck the stern of the Tang. The resulting explosion was very violent and the vessel sank by the stern in about 45 seconds. After the sinking, personnel remaining on board in unflooded compartments, were able to level off the submarine and in spite of the presence of Japanese patrol vessels, thirteen managed to escape. Of this thirteen only nine were able to stay afloat until they were picked up by one of the Japanese escort vessels which was rescuing Japanese troops and personnel from the ships sunk by the Tang during the night. The nearest land to the position where the Tang sank was Okseu Island about nine miles to the south. The immediate vicinity was searched by Japanese vessels for several hours in an attempt to rescue their own personnel. It is regretted that your son was not among the survivors rescued by these Japanese vessels and no additional information concerning him has been received by the Navy Department.
"In view of the length of time that has now elapsed since your son was officially determined to be missing in action, because of the strong probability that he lost his life in the sinking of the Tang and in view of the fact that his name has not appeared on any lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased.
"I know what little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very simply, that I am sorry. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the thought that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest traditions of the Navy."Sincerely yours, James Forrestal."
Palatka Daily News, Thursday, 3 Jan 1946.
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. George Alexander officiating. A fraternal service will also be conducted by members of the BPOE #1232, it was announced. Basil Pearce was born in Wilton, Conn., Jun 4, 1921, but had lived his entire life in this city. He graduated from the Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga., in 1938 and from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1943. He was assigned to the Prairie State Training vessel in the Hudson River and commissioned an ensign in the USNR in 1943. After taking overseas training at Bermuda, he volunteered for submarine training school and received training at New London Conn. He left for duty in the Pacific in April 1944 and was lost on his second patrol aboard the Submarine Tang on October 26 off Formosa in the China Sea. W. Carl Davis & Son was in charge of arrangements. Besides the parents a sister, Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Wilton, Conn, survives. Palatka Daily News, Tuesday, 15 Jan 1946.
On her first four patrols in the Pacific, the Tang sank 17 Japanese ships (72,000 tons) and had earned a Presidential Unit Citation for its third patrol in mid-1944.
Departing Pearl Harbor on September 24, 1944, the USS Tang into waters near the Formosa Strait. On the night of October 10-11, 1944, the Tang sank two freighters – Joshu Go and Gita Maru.
Further on her patrol, Tang encountered a large Japanese convoy on October 23 and moved in for a night surface attack. The USS Tang fired a spread of torpedoes that smashed into three different ships, blowing the stern off of the farthest ship in the line. Coming quickly about to line up its stern tubes, the Tang had to quickly dodge a tanker that had turned to ram the submarine. Missing the Tang, this wayward tanker crashed into another Japanese tanker instead. Free of immediate danger, the Tang lined up on its immobile target and fired four more torpedoes from its stern at 400 yards. As the last tanker exploded in flames, the Tang evaded an escort destroyer bearing down on it.
The very next night, October 24, 1944, the Tang found yet another Japanese convoy. The ever-aggressive Tang moved in and fired six torpedoes at three of the ships. Following the convoy, the Tang turned and fired her stern torpedoes at another freighter and a tanker. The Tang's torpedoes found the tanker, which blew up, and another struck a nearby Japanese destroyer that had raced around the tanker's stern. While the destroyer sank, the tanker remained afire and afloat.
With its last two torpedoes, Tang took dead aim on the listless tanker. The last of her 24 torpedoes – an electric Mark 18 – broached the surface, made a hard-left turn and circled towards the Tang. Sensing the immediate danger, her captain Dick O'Kane called for flank ahead speed, but even that maneuver did not save the Tang as its own torpedo – it's very last – struck the sub near the stern. The explosion flooded three compartments and the submarine began to sink. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, three were able to swim through the night. Of the men inside the sinking submarine, 13 were able to escape to the surface using the Momsen Lung, but only 5 of those men were able to swim long enough till being picked up by the Japanese Navy.
On what would have been one of the most successful patrols by any U.S. submarine, a fluke torpedo led to terrible tragedy. Captain Dick O'Kane and the other survivors were taken on board the Japanese ship by survivors of the ships they had just sunk. O'Kane would be a POW for the rest of the war.
For this final patrol in which the USS Tang sank seven ships (21,772 tons), the submarine would be awarded its second Presidential Unit Citation and O'Kane would receive the Medal of Honor. O'Kane and the Tang would ultimately be credited with sinking 24 ships (93,824 tons) – making O'Kane the top submarine skipper of the war*.
Ensign
Last Primary Designator/NEC
117X-Unrestricted Line Officer - in training for Submarine Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Officer
Last Duty Station
1944-1944, USS Tang (SS-306)
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number 0-270818
Birth Date June 4, 1921
From East Palatka, Florida
Decorations Silver Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Sunk in north end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Basil was born in Wilton, Connecticut.
Mr. & Mrs. Basil Charles Pearce Sr., East Palatka, Florida; letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the loss of their son:
"Your son, Ensign Basil Charles Pearce, Jr. (1921-1944), U.S. Naval Reserve, has been carried on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing as of 25 October 1944 xxx board the USS Tang when that vessel was struck by its own torpedo and sank in the Formosa Strait.
"On the night of 24-25 October 1944 the Tang was conducting a war patrol in the Formosa Strait in an area approximately midway between Amoy and Fuchow on the China Coast. The submarine had contacted an enemy convoy and had launched several torpedoes scoring numerous hits. At approximately 2:00 a.m. the last torpedo was fired from the stern tubes while the submarine was on the surface. This torpedo made an erratic run, turned, and struck the stern of the Tang. The resulting explosion was very violent and the vessel sank by the stern in about 45 seconds. After the sinking, personnel remaining on board in unflooded compartments, were able to level off the submarine and in spite of the presence of Japanese patrol vessels, thirteen managed to escape. Of this thirteen only nine were able to stay afloat until they were picked up by one of the Japanese escort vessels which was rescuing Japanese troops and personnel from the ships sunk by the Tang during the night. The nearest land to the position where the Tang sank was Okseu Island about nine miles to the south. The immediate vicinity was searched by Japanese vessels for several hours in an attempt to rescue their own personnel. It is regretted that your son was not among the survivors rescued by these Japanese vessels and no additional information concerning him has been received by the Navy Department.
"In view of the length of time that has now elapsed since your son was officially determined to be missing in action, because of the strong probability that he lost his life in the sinking of the Tang and in view of the fact that his name has not appeared on any lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased.
"I know what little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very simply, that I am sorry. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the thought that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest traditions of the Navy."Sincerely yours, James Forrestal."
Palatka Daily News, Thursday, 3 Jan 1946.
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. George Alexander officiating. A fraternal service will also be conducted by members of the BPOE #1232, it was announced. Basil Pearce was born in Wilton, Conn., Jun 4, 1921, but had lived his entire life in this city. He graduated from the Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga., in 1938 and from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1943. He was assigned to the Prairie State Training vessel in the Hudson River and commissioned an ensign in the USNR in 1943. After taking overseas training at Bermuda, he volunteered for submarine training school and received training at New London Conn. He left for duty in the Pacific in April 1944 and was lost on his second patrol aboard the Submarine Tang on October 26 off Formosa in the China Sea. W. Carl Davis & Son was in charge of arrangements. Besides the parents a sister, Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Wilton, Conn, survives. Palatka Daily News, Tuesday, 15 Jan 1946.
On her first four patrols in the Pacific, the Tang sank 17 Japanese ships (72,000 tons) and had earned a Presidential Unit Citation for its third patrol in mid-1944.
Departing Pearl Harbor on September 24, 1944, the USS Tang into waters near the Formosa Strait. On the night of October 10-11, 1944, the Tang sank two freighters – Joshu Go and Gita Maru.
Further on her patrol, Tang encountered a large Japanese convoy on October 23 and moved in for a night surface attack. The USS Tang fired a spread of torpedoes that smashed into three different ships, blowing the stern off of the farthest ship in the line. Coming quickly about to line up its stern tubes, the Tang had to quickly dodge a tanker that had turned to ram the submarine. Missing the Tang, this wayward tanker crashed into another Japanese tanker instead. Free of immediate danger, the Tang lined up on its immobile target and fired four more torpedoes from its stern at 400 yards. As the last tanker exploded in flames, the Tang evaded an escort destroyer bearing down on it.
The very next night, October 24, 1944, the Tang found yet another Japanese convoy. The ever-aggressive Tang moved in and fired six torpedoes at three of the ships. Following the convoy, the Tang turned and fired her stern torpedoes at another freighter and a tanker. The Tang's torpedoes found the tanker, which blew up, and another struck a nearby Japanese destroyer that had raced around the tanker's stern. While the destroyer sank, the tanker remained afire and afloat.
With its last two torpedoes, Tang took dead aim on the listless tanker. The last of her 24 torpedoes – an electric Mark 18 – broached the surface, made a hard-left turn and circled towards the Tang. Sensing the immediate danger, her captain Dick O'Kane called for flank ahead speed, but even that maneuver did not save the Tang as its own torpedo – it's very last – struck the sub near the stern. The explosion flooded three compartments and the submarine began to sink. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, three were able to swim through the night. Of the men inside the sinking submarine, 13 were able to escape to the surface using the Momsen Lung, but only 5 of those men were able to swim long enough till being picked up by the Japanese Navy.
On what would have been one of the most successful patrols by any U.S. submarine, a fluke torpedo led to terrible tragedy. Captain Dick O'Kane and the other survivors were taken on board the Japanese ship by survivors of the ships they had just sunk. O'Kane would be a POW for the rest of the war.
For this final patrol in which the USS Tang sank seven ships (21,772 tons), the submarine would be awarded its second Presidential Unit Citation and O'Kane would receive the Medal of Honor. O'Kane and the Tang would ultimately be credited with sinking 24 ships (93,824 tons) – making O'Kane the top submarine skipper of the war*.
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