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Offline MWALLEN

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Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« on: April 26, 2009, 10:39:26 PM »
1.  Name the U.S. Submarine that has the distinction of being the first U.S. sub to take Japanese prisioners in the Pacific War.

2.  Name the sub's skipper.

3.  Name the battle this capture/resuce happened in.

4.  Name the Japanese ship from which these survivors were rescued.

Good Luck - answers posted next Sunday (May 3rd)

Mark A.

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Re: Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2009, 11:39:46 AM »
The first Japanese prisoners (2) were taken by  the USS Trout (SS-202) at the battle of Midway on 9 June 1942.  The prisoners came from the Japanese cruiser  MIKUMA  Trout was commanded by LCDR F.W. Fenno.

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Re: Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2009, 06:27:21 PM »
BZ to you Dave!  I don't know if that's correct but it sounds good to me.

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Re: Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2009, 06:36:46 PM »
Dave wins...therefore he is the winner of a no-expenses paid trip to Muskogee to put down some deck   :buck2:

I expected this one to be a little harder...but Dave nailed it.

Good job!

Mark
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Re: Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2009, 10:55:27 AM »
Thanks to United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe

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Re: Submarine Trivia: Week 4
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2009, 06:49:46 AM »
Well done! ;D
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