Submarine command (1951) | |
| Director(s) | John Farrow |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Sistrom, John Farrow (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
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Submarine command (1951) was a Drama - War Film directed by John Farrow and produced by Joseph Sistrom and John Farrow.
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onNovember 17, 1952 with William Holden reprising his film role.
SS-306 was actually the USS Tang. In her short career, lasting barely over a year, she amassed an unequaled record. Depending on the source, she sank either 24 ships for 93,824 tons or 31 ships in her five patrols, totaling 227,800. The Tang was sunk on 25 October, 1944 with the loss of 74 men. Nine men, including her skipper survived. Tang was sunk by her last torpedo which made a circular run. Picked up by a Japanese destroyer, they were tortured by survivors of the ships she had sunk in her last action. They were interred at Japanese POW camps until the end of the war.
No ship of the United States Navy has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or Tigershark.
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SS-306 was actually the USS Tang. In her short career, lasting barely over a year, she amassed an unequaled record. Depending on the source, she sank either 24 ships for 93,824 tons or 31 ships in her five patrols, totaling 227,800. The Tang was sunk on 25 October, 1944 with the loss of 74 men. Nine men, including her skipper survived. Tang was sunk by her last torpedo which made a circular run. Picked up by a Japanese destroyer, they were tortured by survivors of the ships she had sunk in her last action. They were interred at Japanese POW camps until the end of the war.
No ship of the United States Navy has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or Tigershark.
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