SUNFISH call sign was: NAN EASY NAN ZEBRA
SUNFISH's BATTLE ENSIGN!
The WELL DECORATED Men who conned this awesome boat!
Edward Hall, the Sunfish historian, passed away last March. Ed will be interred at the VA Cemetery in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, April 14 at 1100 at the Western Montana Veterans Cemetery in Missoula. Email his daughter if you can attend: kathleen.milo@intel.com
DEDICATED TO THE USS SUNFISH, MY FATHER, AND THE INTREPID CREW THAT
MANNED HER.
The JANAC (Joint Army-Navy Analysis Committee FIASCO EXPOSED!)
The USS SUNFISH sent 42 vessels to the bottom but the JANAC
board of 1946 scaled it down to 16 due to poor record keeping (face
saving) on the part of the Japanese who denied that the vessels were being
sunk! Often, ships were SEEN by SKILLED and TRAINED observers to have sunk
BUT since it was never confirmed in the Japanese records, it never
happened. Also, U-boats sunk in the Pacific (there was a few) were not
credited either.
BUT! The Japanese started the war with 6 million
tons of merchant shipping and the Silent Service bagged over FOUR MILLION
TONS of it! During that timeframe, they fought: lousy engines, faulty
torpedoes, obsolete equipment, and the BuOrd Gun Club. Yet, they still
managed to sever the lifeline to Japan's seized Empire holdings and
brought them to their knees. The Silent Service was only 1.5% of the TOTAL
US NAVY during the war and they suffered 25% KIA in the war. The SUNFISH
bagged, confirmed by JANAC, a total of 59,815 tons. She was 16 out the top
25 scoring subs of WW2. BRAVO ZULU men!
BACKGROUND DATA
The USS SUNFISH was a GATO class diesel boat that was
turned out from Mare Island in May of 1942 to wreck havoc on the Japanese
Empire. My Dad, in the crew's picture, was a SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS/QM who
worked in the Conning Tower, kept the log book, worked with other men on
the battle flag, and stood his battle station at the Torpedo Data
Computer. Their patrols usually lasted 45-60 days. Dad of course has his cover at
a cavalier cock. In the same photo, in the third row, the sixth officer
from the left, is Lt Paul Mansell. On HIS left is the formidable Captain
E.E. Shelby.
HOT NEW GOUGE! USS SUNFISH crewmembers receive LONG OVERDUE medals for heroism. Well deserved gents.
HOT NEW VIDEO! Diesel Boats Forever by Tommy Cox. Enjoy.
A NEW photo sent in by Rich Considine. The USS SUNFISH being launched! Nice find!
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish in dock PRIOR to launch.
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish just launched!
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish COMMISSIONED!
A picture of the donation of Sunfish artifacts to the Sub Museum at Groton Sub Base, Ct.
Here is an article concerning the USS SUNFISH flag (Mar 2002).
My award for doing this webpage! It means a lot to me. Sunfishers...fair winds and following seas.
The MASCOT of the USS SUNFISH.
The spot for pics, letters,
citations, and other memorabilia
The spot for sounds and some
of the crew's memories in their own words!
The spot for war stories AND the COMPLETE patrol LOG!
An OUTSTANDING poem on how the VETERAN made America
GREAT!
For those still on patrol. Requiem in pace.
COOL links to surf.
USS COD
USS THRESHER
USS CAVALLA
USS BOWFIN museum
USS BATFISH SS310
Ron's Sub page...AWESOME!
Link on Ron's page to HUGE list of sub web pages!
SUBNET
THE DEEP DOMAIN
USS LING SS-297
THE SQUAWK BOX
Drop me a line
Capt John W Reed
Here is a letter from Captain Reed on the upcoming Sunfisher's reunion and museum shindig.
Richard Considine
Antonio Uribe
"Arizona, I remember you!"
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Edward Hall, the Sunfish historian, passed away last March. Ed will be interred at the VA Cemetery in Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, April 14 at 1100 at the Western Montana Veterans Cemetery in Missoula. Email his daughter if you can attend: kathleen.milo@intel.com
DEDICATED TO THE USS SUNFISH, MY FATHER, AND THE INTREPID CREW THAT MANNED HER.
The JANAC (Joint Army-Navy Analysis Committee FIASCO EXPOSED!)
The USS SUNFISH sent 42 vessels to the bottom but the JANAC board of 1946 scaled it down to 16 due to poor record keeping (face saving) on the part of the Japanese who denied that the vessels were being sunk! Often, ships were SEEN by SKILLED and TRAINED observers to have sunk BUT since it was never confirmed in the Japanese records, it never happened. Also, U-boats sunk in the Pacific (there was a few) were not credited either.
BUT! The Japanese started the war with 6 million tons of merchant shipping and the Silent Service bagged over FOUR MILLION TONS of it! During that timeframe, they fought: lousy engines, faulty torpedoes, obsolete equipment, and the BuOrd Gun Club. Yet, they still managed to sever the lifeline to Japan's seized Empire holdings and brought them to their knees. The Silent Service was only 1.5% of the TOTAL US NAVY during the war and they suffered 25% KIA in the war. The SUNFISH bagged, confirmed by JANAC, a total of 59,815 tons. She was 16 out the top 25 scoring subs of WW2. BRAVO ZULU men!
BACKGROUND DATA
The USS SUNFISH was a GATO class diesel boat that was turned out from Mare Island in May of 1942 to wreck havoc on the Japanese Empire. My Dad, in the crew's picture, was a SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS/QM who worked in the Conning Tower, kept the log book, worked with other men on the battle flag, and stood his battle station at the Torpedo Data Computer. Their patrols usually lasted 45-60 days. Dad of course has his cover at a cavalier cock. In the same photo, in the third row, the sixth officer from the left, is Lt Paul Mansell. On HIS left is the formidable Captain E.E. Shelby.
HOT NEW GOUGE! USS SUNFISH crewmembers receive LONG OVERDUE medals for heroism. Well deserved gents.
HOT NEW VIDEO! Diesel Boats Forever by Tommy Cox. Enjoy.
A NEW photo sent in by Rich Considine. The USS SUNFISH being launched! Nice find!
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish in dock PRIOR to launch.
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish just launched!
A newly discovered photo from the US Navy archives! Sunfish COMMISSIONED!
A picture of the donation of Sunfish artifacts to the Sub Museum at Groton Sub Base, Ct.
Here is an article concerning the USS SUNFISH flag (Mar 2002).
My award for doing this webpage! It means a lot to me. Sunfishers...fair winds and following seas.
The MASCOT of the USS SUNFISH.
The spot for pics, letters, citations, and other memorabilia
The spot for sounds and some of the crew's memories in their own words!
The spot for war stories AND the COMPLETE patrol LOG!
An OUTSTANDING poem on how the VETERAN made America GREAT!
For those still on patrol. Requiem in pace.
COOL links to surf.
USS COD
USS THRESHER
USS CAVALLA
USS BOWFIN museum
USS BATFISH SS310
Ron's Sub page...AWESOME!
Link on Ron's page to HUGE list of sub web pages!
SUBNET
THE DEEP DOMAIN
USS LING SS-297
THE SQUAWK BOX
Drop me a line
Capt John W Reed
Here is a letter from Captain Reed on the upcoming Sunfisher's reunion and museum shindig.
Richard Considine
Antonio Uribe
"Arizona, I remember you!"
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