Historical Sub stories

[Ducimus]

Find a neat story from the Pacific? Post it here!

I'll go first:

As machinegun fire raked them at point-blank range, Commander Gilmore ordered the bridge cleared. As the commanding officer, Gilmore was the last to leave the bridge, and was griveously wounded before he could get below. Realizing that he was jeopardizing his boat's escape, he ordered "Take her down!" and shut the hatch, remaining on the bridge while his boat dived. By saving his command at the expense of his own life, Commander Gilmore became one of the six submariners to earn the Medal of Honor. {A seaman and another officer also lost their lives in this incident}.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Growler_(SS-215)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08215.htm