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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP04 Jun 2026 1:58 p.m. PST

…disappearing in World War II


"The U.S. Navy has officially confirmed the identity of a World War II submarine wreck discovered off the coast of Japan, solving a decades-old mystery surrounding the fate of USS Herring (SS-233), a vessel lost with all 83 crew members during combat operations in 1944.

The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) announced that the wreck site, located near Matsuwa Island in the Kurile Islands chain, has been positively identified as USS Herring. The confirmation comes exactly 82 years after the submarine was lost on June 1, 1944, during its final wartime patrol…"


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