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	USS Tirante (SS-420) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Tirante (SS-420), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, enlongated "cutlass fish" found in waters off Cuba.
		On 31 March, Tirante shelled and sank a 70-ton lugger with five-inch and 40-millimeter gunfire and, on 1 April, missed an LST-type vessel with a spread of three torpedoes.
		Tirante resumed her relentless prowling of the Yellow Sea between Quelpart Island (Cheju Do) and the mouth of the Yangtze River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tirante_(SS-420) (1316 words)

	USS Tirante
		Tirante (SS-420) was laid down on 28 April 1944 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard launched on 9 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		On 31 March, Tirante shelled and sank a 70-ton lugger with 5-inch and 40 millimeter gunfire and, on 1 April, missed an LST-type vessel with a spread of three torpedoes.
		Tirante departed from Midway on 20 May as command ship of the nine-boat "wolfpack" dubbed "Street's Sweepers." They patrolled the Yellow and East China Seas on the lookout for enemy targets-by then dwindling in number.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Submarine/tirante.html (1146 words)

	Submarine Hero - George Levick Street, III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the Tirante instantly spotted by the enemy as she stood out plainly in the flare of light, he ordered the torpedo data computer set up while retiring and fired his last two torpedoes to disintegrate in quick succession the leading frigate and a similar flanking vessel.
		Tirante had resumed patrolling the East China Sea between Shanghai and Quelpart Island south of Korea when new intelligence arrived reporting that an important transport had anchored with its escorts in a confined harbor on the northern coast of the island.
		Tirante was a late member of the USS Balao (SS-285)-class, of which approximately 135 were commissioned between early 1943 and the end of World War II.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_5/submarine_hero.html (1327 words)

	USS Tirante (SS-420) - TheBestLinks.com - April 6, August 9, April 1, April 26, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Tirante (SS-420), April 6, August 9, April 1, April 26, August 12, August...
		USS Tirante (SS-420), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, enlongated "cutlass fish" found in waters off Cuba.
		Tirante departed from Midway Island on 20 May as command ship of the nine-boat "wolfpack" dubbed "Street's Sweepers." They patrolled the Yellow Sea and East China Sea on the lookout for enemy targets -- by then dwindling in number.
	www.thebestlinks.com /USS_Tirante___28__SS__MM__420__29__.html (1321 words)

	Medal of Honor Winner - George L. Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tirante resumed her relentless prowling of the Yellow Sea between Quelpart Island (Cheju Du) and the mouth of the Yangtze.
		Tirante's stellar performance earned CDR Street the Medal of Honor and she was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
		configuration, Tirante was recommissioned on November 26, 1952, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. After conducting her shakedown to Bermuda and operating in the Atlantic as far north as Iceland, the submarine returned to the east coast of the U.S. to prepare for her first deployment with the 6th Fleet.
	thesaltysailor.com /ships/moh12.htm (1135 words)

	USS Tirante (SS-420)
		was a Tench-class (SS-417) Diesel-powered submarine, named for the Tirante, or "Tyrant Fish," which is a voracious, agile, thin-bodied fish with a wedge-shaped head, a large mouth, and a fierce row of canine teeth, suitable for catching and holding prey.
		William D. Benson, USN, skipper of the Tirante, carved the pattern from which the figurehead was cast when he learned that the shipyard would charge more for the work than his budget could afford.
		SUBRON 12 was dissolved in September 1945 and was resurrected in Key West, Florida in July 1952, with USS Bushnell (AS-15) as the squadron repair/support tender, which also had the squadron staff embarked.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6153/tirante.htm (1766 words)

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		TIRANTE Tirante: A silvery, enlongated “cutlass fish” found in waters off Cuba.
		Complement: 66 Armament: 1 5”; 1 40mm; 1 20mm; 2.50 cal MG; 10 21” torpedo tubes Class: BALAO TIRANTE (SS-420) was laid down on 28 April 1944 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched on 9 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		TIRANTE departed from Midway on 20 May as command ship of the nine-boat "wolfpack" dubbed "Street's Sweepers." They patrolled the Yellow and East China Seas on the lookout for enemy targets--by then dwindling in number.
	hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss420.txt (1196 words)

	REMEMBER THIS USS TIRANTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the summer of 1945, with targets hard to come by, Tirante (Street) was patrolling off Kyushu.
		When the second torpedo missed, the gunners saw the wake and began firing at Tirante's periscope.
		The Tirante then surfaced and cleared the harbor at high speed while being fired upon by several Jap guns of various sizes.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /RemThisTirante.html (157 words)

	George L. Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Tirante did just that, using two torpedoes to blow up one of the frigates and destroying the other one with one torpedo.
		Street's XO on the Tirante was Capt. Edward L. Beach, also a recipient of the Navy Cross, whose best-selling novel "Run Silent, Run Deep" drew on his experiences aboard the Tirante and other World War II submarines.
		Despite all his individual honors, Street was exceedingly proud of a collective award, the Presidential Unit Citation, which went to the USS Tirante for its overall combat record.
	www.worldsfinestnavy.com /GeorgeLStreet.html (403 words)

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		The crew of the USS Tirante, which included future Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody, was awarded a Presidential Unit citation.
		He slipped the Tirante into the harbor's mined and shoal-obstructed waters despite numerous patrolling vessels and in defiance of five shore-based radar stations and menacing aircraft.
		His first submarine was the USS Gar, which lay off the California coast as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
	www.ussvi.org /names/street.txt (828 words)

	o-boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Odax SS 484, USS George Washington SSBN 598.
		USS O-15 SS 76 Officer of the Deck (OOD) or perhaps the Captain and the helmsman on the bridge.
		USS O-16 SS 77 wearing a version of camouflage "dazzle paint" that was tested using her.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/o-boats.html (1702 words)

	Portrait of a Shipmate - CAPT George Levick Street III
		He was then transferred to the USS ARKANSAS (BB 33) where he had duty in the navigation and engineering departments and was the General Quarters Officer of the Deck.
		After shaking her attackers, TIRANTE surfaced and received an urgent message concerning a transport and 2 MIKURA class frigates (the best ASW ships the enemy had) in the anchorage at Cheju on the north shore of Quelpart Island, 60 miles south of Korea.
		Once clear of the harbor patrols, TIRANTE surfaced and the crew manned their deck gun, knowing there was a good chance that they would have to fight their way out of the harbor.
	www.ussholder.com /pas3-street.html (3092 words)

	Richard Goldschmidt - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Dorado (SS-526), a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, the Spanish language name for the fish also known as the dolphinfish and the mahi-mahi.
		Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.
		See USS Dorado for other ships of the same name.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Richard_B._Goldschmidt (334 words)

	George Levick Street III, Captain, United States Navy
		The crew of the USS Tirante, which included future Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody, was awarded a Presidential Unit citation.
		While the Tirante had been approaching the Japanese-held harbor, it had received word over its radio of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the ascension to the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
		Street's executive officer on the Tirante was Captain Edward L. Beach, also a recipient of the Navy Cross, whose best-selling novel "Run Silent, Run Deep" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1955) drew on his experiences aboard the Tirante and other World War II submarines.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /glstreet.htm (1311 words)

	Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During World War II, he served as Damage Control Assistant, Chief Engineer, and Executive Officer of USS Trigger (SS-237), during which time she was one of the highest scoring submarines in the force.
		Following the war, he commanded USS Amberjack (SS-522), USS Trigger (SS-564), and USS Triton (SSN-586), and served as naval aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
		USS Salamonie Association President, John Lichoff, holds up the uniform shirt with ribbons sent to him by Captain Beach's widow.
	www.salamonie.homestead.com /Beach.html (479 words)

	Pen and the Sword
		He commanded the cruisers USS Washington and USS Memphis in the Caribbean and, during World War I, the battleship USS New York--flagship of the Sixth Battle Squadron of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet.
		The younger Beach's exploits during combat patrols on the submarines USS Trigger and USS Tirante were recognized with awards of the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, and two Bronze Stars.
		In May 1944, he was ordered to depart USS Trigger--the Pacific Fleet's top-scoring submarine--to report as executive officer of the new-construction submarine Tirante.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/pen_and_the_sword.htm (679 words)

	Captain Edeard L. Beach, USN, served aboard USS TRIGGER, USS TIRANTE and commanded USS PIPER and USS TRITON; was Naval ...
		Captain Edeard L. Beach, USN, served aboard USS TRIGGER, USS TIRANTE and commanded USS PIPER and USS TRITON; was Naval Attache to President Eisenhower.
		He was an officer aboard the famed USS TRIGGER and then was Executive Officer (XO) on USS TIRANTE when they attacked an AvGas tanker at Quelpart Harbor, blowing the tanker to bits and sinking two small Japanese patrol boats in the harbor as well.
		He was given command of USS PIPER and was en route to his combat patrol area off Japan, but the Japanese surrender took place before he got there, and so he returned to base.
	www.sharkhunters.com /beach.htm (442 words)

	Captain Edwards
		“Ned” Beach was skipper of the USS Piper SS-409 on patrol in the western Pacific.
		In 1960 as Commander of the USS Triton he circumnavigated the globe in 84 days—a record that still stands.
		Captain Beach was the principal speaker at the April 2000 reunion of the USS Salamonie Reunion Association.
	www.museumofthesoldier.com /captain_edwards.htm (689 words)

	tales
		Shortly after graduating from Annapolis, Capt. Beach was assigned to the USS Trigger, in which he was at Midway, and in which he participated in nine war patrols, which sank or damaged three dozen enemy ships.
		He later was given the Navy Cross while aboard the USS Tirante, on a patrol on which it sank nine ships.
		So, one can hope, in not too long a time, there will be a USS Beach carrying our battle ensign around the world, and Ned will again be at sea, looking after the nation he served so well in life.
	www.spinax.com /Articles/beach.htm (1445 words)

	History of the name Seaowl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS SEA OWL (SS-405) transited the Panama Canal and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 23 October 1944.
		She was off Wake Island early on the morning of 18 April and sent a Japanese submarine of the RO-35 class to the bottom.
		This patrol was concentrated in the Yellow and East China seas and was devoted to both lifeguard duties and offensive patrol.
	members.cox.net /seaowl/seaowlhistory.html (631 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Tirante of the Tench class
		For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the USS Tirante during the first war patrol of that vessel against enemy Japanese surface forces in the harbor of Quelpart Island, off the coast of Korea, on 14 April 1945.
		With the Tirante instantly spotted by the enemy as she stood out plainly in the flare of light, he ordered the torpedo data computer set up while retiring and fired his last 2 torpedoes to disintegrate in quick succession the leading frigate and a similar flanking vessel.
		Due to the end of hostilities USS Tirante (Cdr.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship.html?ID=3153 (735 words)

	RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Around the Campfire: Were you in the navy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Brown water Navy until 1972 followed by the USS Perry DD-844, a tour as an instructor at ET A school at Great Lakes, and a cruise aboard the USNS Marius, TAO-57, an old T2 tanker.
		Served on USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) (and yes that is the actual hull #) and USS Guardfish (SSN612).
		USS Lester DE 1022 1972-1973 homeported in Naples Italy.
	www.rv.net /Forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/16090679/gotomsg/16094258.cfm (340 words)

	Capt. George L.Street III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During WWII, Capt. Street was the commanding officer of the USS Tirante, which conducted a series of submarine war patrols against the Japanese.
		During its maiden voyage on April 14, 1945, the Tirante penetrated the Harbor of Quelpart Island, off the coast of Korea, and torpedoed a Japanese ammunition ship and two of three escorting frigates.
		Among the members of the Tirante's crew was Lt. Endicott "Chub" Peabody, who went on to become governor of Massachusetts.
	www.andovertownsman.com /news/20000302/OB_001.html (427 words)

	SUBMARINERS - ecomPlanet Web Hosting - the #1 Free hosting solution worldwide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He served aboard the USS Grenadier, [60-61], USS Ethan Allen,[61-62], USS Woodrow Wilson, [66-67], USS Seacat, [67-68], and retired 1970 off the USS Tirante in Key West, FL.
		The USS Bowfin, launched a year after the Pearl Harbor attack, became one of the most successful submarines in the war.
		The submarine spent 11 years on Lake Washington as a Naval Reserve training boat before it was decommissioned in 1971.
	myweb.ecomplanet.com /KICK6756/mycustompage0013.htm (260 words)

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		Captain Brooks was the Commanding Officer of the USS Thomas Edison (SSBN-610) and the USS Canopus (AS-34).
		Milton served on USS SIRAGO SS-485 and qualified on her in December 1954.
		Harry qualified in submarines on the USS SIRAGO SS-485 as a LT(jg) in November 1960.
	www.ussvi.org /Final/final-04.htm (4534 words)

	Diesel Boat Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS COD (SS USS DRUM (SS 228) - on public display
		USS O-9 (SS 70) - still on patrol
		USS S-51 (SS 162) - still on patrol
	msequel.com /dbf.htm (126 words)

	SubmarineSailor.com - Edward L "Ned" Beach Tribute
		To submariners, he was a superb Naval Officer who is arguably best known for his command of the USS Triton during her monumental circumnavigation of the oceans.
		Captain Edward L. Beach is hoisted into a helicopter after being summoned to the White House for a debrief at the conclusion of his historic underwater circumnavigation of the globe in the USS Triton, April 25, 1960.
		R.H. O'Kane, Col. Pappy Boyington, and my Dad who was the C.O. of the ship, USS Reeves, that went into Tokyo at the end of the war and brought them out of the POW camps where they were being held, to the hospital ships for treatment.
	www.submarinesailor.com /InMemorium/BeachNed.htm (6327 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Carl Key (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		, of Harlem is serving aboard the submarine USS Tirante (SS-420), now completing the first half of her three-month cruise in Northern European waters on operations with NATO naval forces.
		Tirante is now proceeding to the Mediterranean Sea where she will serve with the U.S. Sixth Fleet until late July.
		Before reporting to the Tirante in April of this year, he attended the Submarine School at the Submarine Base, New London, CT.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Key_Carl_257450328.htm (439 words)

	Third Commission
		Felix L. 14 Nov 59 Rec for dut fm: USS TRUTTA (SS-421) 4 Jan 60 Ch dut stat fm on bd as TAD to on bd for dut 11 Jan 60 Tran to: USS ATULE (SS-403) for duty.
		HATHEWAY Glen A. 2 Jun 58 Rec TAD fm: USS BALAO (SS-285) 9 Jun 58 Tran to: USS BALAO (SS-285) TAD compl.
		Robert E. 22 Mar 58 Rec for dut fm: USS CHIVO (SS-341) 16 Jun 59 Ch Rate to IC3 23 Jun 59 Disch on 22 Jun and reen withing 24 hrs for 6 yrs 12 Jan 60 Tran to: USS PICUDA (SS-382) for duty.
	www.ussarcherfish.com /crew/keywest2.htm (7738 words)

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