Timelines and soundtracks of the month | #12_March 2017

1.New Timelines

Eugene B. Fluckey – American submarine commander

2.New Musical references

1662 – Antonio Bertali – Sonata a 3

(Added to 17.Anglo-Dutch Wars (1660-1671)

1713 – Vivaldi – Ottone in Villa

(Added to 22.Spanish Succession (1702-1713)

1714 – Vivaldi – Orlando Finto Pazzo

1717 – Vivaldi - Tieteberga

(Added to 23.Turco-Venetian War (1714-1717)

1719 – Vivaldi – Tito Manlio

(Added to 24.Golden Age of Piracy (1718-1723)

1724 – Vivaldi – Giustina

1724 – Vivaldi – Il Tigrane

1725 – J.S.Bach – Easter Oratorio, BWV 249

1726 – Vivaldi – Andromeda Liberata

(Added to 25.Empress Catherine (1724-1726)

1727 – Vivaldi - Farnace

1727 – Vivaldi – Orlando Furioso

(Added to 26.Anglo-Spanish War (1727-1729)

1732 - Richard Jones - First Set In D Minor - Toccata

(Added to 27.Rococo (1730-1732)

1734 – Vivaldi – L’Olimpiade

(Added to 28.War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735)

1790 - Mozart -Fantasy No. 2 in F Minor for Organ, K. 608

(Added to 37.Mozart (1784-1791)

1842 – Verdi – Nabucco (Ouverture)

(Added to 42.Romantism (1833-1853)

1875 – Smetana – The Moldau

1876 – Grieg – Peer Gynt, Op. 23

1883 – Grieg – Cello Sonata in A minor Op.36

1888 – Grieg – Suite No. 1, Op. 46

1891 – Grieg - Suite No. 2, Op. 55

(Added to 45.Victoria and Bismarck (1866-1898)

Eugene B. Fluckey | Timeline

Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II. (Intro from Wikipedia)

October 5, 1913 - Washington D.C. - Eugene Bennett Fluckey is born
January(?) 1(?), 1928 - Washington D.C. - Eugene graduates from Western High School
January(?) 1(?), 1929 - Mercersburg, Pennsylvania - Eugene's father sends him to Mercersburg Academy for being still too young to go to College
June 13, 1931 - Annapolis, Maryland - Eugene Fluckey enters the U.S.Naval Academy
June 6, 1935 - Annapolis, Maryland - Fluckey graduates from U.S.Naval Academy and is commissioned an Ensign
May 1(?), 1936 - ? - Fluckey is transfered to the destroyer USS McCormick (DD-223)
June 1(?), 1938 - Groton, Connecticut - Fluckey reports for instruction at the Submarine School New London, Connecticut
December 1(?), 1938 - Groton, Connecticut - Upon submarine instruction completion, Fluckey start serving on the USS S-42 (SS-153) =(START)
June 1(?), 1941 - ? - Fluckey is assigned to the USS Bonita (SS-165)
June 1(?), 1942 - ? - After 5 five war patrols, Fluckey is detached from USS Bonita
January(?) 1(?) 1943 - Annapolis, Maryland - Fluckey returns to Annapolis for graduate instruction in Naval engineering
December 1(?), 1943 - Groton, Connecticut - Fluckey attends the Prospective Commanding Officer's School at the Submarine Base New London

USS Barb (SS-220)

January 1(?), 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Fluckey reports to Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet - becomes commanding officer of the Gato-class submarine USS Barb
May 21, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Barb departs for the Sea of Okhotsk on her eight war patrol
May 31, 1944 - SW of Paramushir, Kurils - USS Barb sinks the transport Ships "Madras Maru" and "Koto Maru"
June 11, 1944 - Sea of Okhotsk, E of Karafuto - USS Barb destroys 2 japanese sampans with gunfire and sinks the fishing vessels "Chihaya Maru" and "Toten Maru"
June 13, 1944 - Sea of Okhotsk - USS Barb sinks the japanese transport "Takashima Maru"
July 5, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Barb returns from her eight war patrol
August 4, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Barb departs for the South China Sea on her ninth war patrol
August 31, 1944 - Luzon Strait, S of Formosa - USS Barb sinks the transport ship "Okuni Maru" and the auxiliary minesweeper "Hinode Maru no.20"
September 4, 1944 - SW of Formosa - Sampan sunk with gunfire
September 15, 1944 - Luzon Strait - On the night of 15/16, USS Barb rescues 14 australian and british POW survivors of the SS Rakuyo Maru, sunk on the 12th by USS Sealion
September 17, 1944 - 220 nm SE of Hong Kong - USS Barb sinks the "Un'yō" escort carrier, and the tanker "Asuza Maru"
September 25, 1944 - Saipan - USS Barb arrives at Saipan to end her ninth war patrol
September 26, 1944 - Saipan - USS Barb departs to Majuro
October 27, 1944 - Majuro, Marshall Islands - USS Barb departs for the South China Sea on her tenth war patrol
November 10, 1944 - Off Koshiki Jima, Eastern Kyushu, Japan - USS Barb sinks the transport ship "Gokoku Maru"
November 12, 1944 - East China Sea - USS Barb sinks the transport Ship "Naruo Maru" and damages the merchant "Gyokuyo Maru" (which is sunk on 14th by USS Spadefish)
November 25, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Barb returns to Midway on the end of her tenth war patrol
December 19, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Barb departs for her eleventh war patrol, in the Formosa Strait 
January 8, 1945 - Formosa Strait - USS Barb sinks the merchants "Anyo Maru" and "Tatsuyo Maru", the tanker "Sanyo Maru" and damages the transport ship "Meiho Maru"
January 9, 1945 - NW Formosa - USS Barb mortally damages the tanker "Hikoshima Maru", which is beached
January 23, 1945 - Namkwan, China - USS Barb enters the shallow harbour of Namkwan and sinks the merchant "Taikyo Maru" - Medal of Honor Action
February 10, 1945 - Midway Island - USS Barb returns to Midway on the end of her eleventh war patrol
February 11, 1945 - Midway Island - USS Barb departs for Pearl Harbor
February 15, 1945 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Barb arrives at Pearl Harbor
February 27, 1945 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Barb starts a major overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard
June 8, 1945 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Barb departs from Pearl Harbor for her 12th war patrol
June 21, 1945 - NW Coast of Hokkaido - USS Barb sinks two japanese tugs
June 23, 1945 - La Perouse Strait - USS Barb sinks a japanese fishing vessel with gunfire
July 2, 1945 - Kaihyo Island, off east coast of Karafuto - Fluckey employs rockets in a bombardment of japanese shore installations, for the first time in history. USS Barb destroys 3 japanese sampans with gunfire
July 5, 1945 - Outside Odomari Harbour, SW of Sakhalin - USS Barb sinks the merchant "Sapporo Maru No.11"
July 8, 1945 - La Perouse Strait - USS Barb sinks a japanese tug with gunfire
July 15, 1945 - Off Hokkaido - USS Barb sinks the japanese sampan "Seiho Maru No.15" with gunfire
July 25, 1945 - Eastern tip of Sakhalin - USS Barb destroys 6 japanese sampans with gunfire
July 26, 1945 - East Coast of Hokkaido - USS Barb shells a japanese shipyard and destroys 35 sampans under construction. Later she also sinks a japanese trawler with gunfire

USS Barb battleflag. Midway 1945

August 2, 1945 - Midway Island - USS Barb returns to Midway from her 12th and last war patrol
September 1(?), 1945 - Groton, Connecticut - Fluckey is ordered to Groton, to fit out the USS Dogfish and to be it's commanding officer
November 1(?), 1945 - Washington D.C. - Transfered to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy to work directly for James V. Forrestal on plans for the unification of the Armed Forces
June 9, 1947 - Groton, Connecticut - Assumes command of USS Halfbeak
May 1(?), 1948 - Norfolk, Virginia - Fluckey is ordered to the staff of the commander of the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet to set up the Submarine Naval Reserve Force
August 1(?), 1950 - Lisbon, Portugal - Fluckey becomes flag secretary to Admiral James Fife Jr, and serves as the US Naval Attache and Naval Attache for Air to Portugal
August 1(?), 1953 - Bangor, Washington - Fluckey becomes commander of Submarine Division 52, of Squadron 5
June 1(?), 1954 - San Diego - Fluckey takes command of the Submarine Tender USS Sperry
October 14, 1955 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii(?) - Fluckey takes command of Submarine Flotilla Seven
January 14, 1956 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii(?) - Fluckey is appointed Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Naval Academy
February(?) 1(?), 1956 - Annapolis, Maryland(?) - Fluckey arrives to the Naval Academy
July 1(?), 1960 - Norfolk, Virginia - Fluckey is promoted to Rear-Admiral, as commander of Amphibious Group 4
April 18, 1961 - Norfolk, Virginia - Fluckey departs with the task force "Solant Amity II" to North african ports
April 30, 1961 - Bathurst, Gambia - Solant Amity II arrives to Bathurst, Gambia
May 5, 1961 - Bathurst, Gambia - Solant Amity II departs from Bathurst, Gambia
May 19, 1961 - Durban, South Africa - Solant Amity II arrives to Durban, South Africa
May 24, 1961 - Durban, South Africa - Solant Amity II departs from Durban, South Africa
May 31, 1961 - Diego Suarez, Madagascar - Solant Amity II arrives to Diego Suarez, Madagascar
June 5, 1961 - Diego Suarez, Madagascar - Solant Amity II departs from Diego Suarez, Madagascar
June 7, 1961 - Port Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles Islands - Solant Amity II arrives to Port Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles Islands
June 12, 1961 - Port Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles Islands - Solant Amity II departs from Port Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles Islands
June 15, 1961 - St.Denis, Reunión Island - Solant Amity II arrives to Reunión
June 18, 1961 - St.Denis, Reunión Island - Solant Amity II departs from Reunión
June 23, 1961 - Zanzibar, Tanzania - Solant Amity II arrives to Zanzibar
June 24, 1961 - Zanzibar, Tanzania - Solant Amity II departs from Zanzibar
June 26, 1961 - Mombasa, Kenya - Solant Amity II arrives to Mombasa
June 29, 1961 - Mombasa, Kenya - Solant Amity II departs from Mombasa
July 4, 1961 - Aden, Yemen - Solant Amity II arrives to Aden
July 7, 1961 - Aden, Yemen - Solant Amity II departs from Aden
July 12, 1961 - Mombasa, Kenya - Solant Amity II returns to Mombasa
July 13, 1961 - Mombasa, Kenya - Solant Amity II departs from Mombasa
July 19, 1961 - Cape Town, South Africa - Solant Amity II arrives to Cape Town, South Africa
July 29, 1961 - Cape Town, South Africa - Solant Amity II departs from Cape Town, South Africa
August 7, 1961 - Lome, Togo - Solant Amity II arrives to Lome, Togo
August 12, 1961 - Lome, Togo - Solant Amity II departs from Lome, Togo
August 14, 1961 - Libreville, Gabon - Solant Amity II arrives to Libreville, Gabon
August 19, 1961 - Libreville, Gabon - Solant Amity II departs from Libreville, Gabon
August 26(?), 1961 - Recife, Brazil - Solant Amity II arrives to Recife, Brazil
August 30(?), 1961 - Recife, Brazil - Solant Amity II departs from Recife, Brazil
September 1, 1961 - Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago - Solant Amity II arrives to Trinidad
September 2, 1961 - Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago - Solant Amity II departs from Trinidad
September 5, 1961 - Norfolk, Virginia - Fluckey returns to Norfolk with the "Solant Amity II" mission
November 1(?), 1961 - Washington D.C. - Fluckey becomes the President of the Naval Board of Inspection and Survey
June 1(?), 1964 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Fluckey takes command of Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet
July 1(?), 1966 - Suitland, Maryland - Fluckey becomes the Director of Naval Intelligence
July(?) 1(?), 1968 - Lisbon, Portugal(?) - Fluckey becomes Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Portugal
July 27, 1970 - Lisbon, Portugal - As the former portuguese dictator, Salazar, dies. Fluckey is one of his pall bearers at Jerónimos Monastery
October 29, 1971 - Lisbon, Portugal - Américo Thomaz, the new portuguese president, commissions the IBERLANT New Headquarters
August 1(?), 1972 - Lisbon, Portugal(?) - Fluckey retires from Active Duty as a Rear-Admiral
January 1(?), 1979 - Crofton - The Fluckeys move into their daughter's home, where they stay until Marjorie's death in August
September 1(?), 1979 - Sintra, Portugal - Fluckey returns to Portugal and spreads his wife's ashes in the gardens she so loved at their Quinta and on the grouds of the orphanage
May 1(?), 1980 - Sintra, Portugal - Fluckey meets Eleanor Margaret Wallace, a british divorced subject with homes in Wales and the Isle of Mann
August 20, 1980 - Isle of Mann, England - Eugene Fluckey marries Eleanor Margaret Wallace
August(?) 1(?), 1981 - Annapolis, Maryland - Eugene and Margaret Fluckey sell their houses in Portugal and on the Isle of Mann and relocate to a home near the Naval Academy
November 13, 1981 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Medal of Honor Society convention - Four WW2 submarine commanders are present - Lawson P.Ramage, Richard H. O'Kane, George L.Street III and Eugene Fluckey
October 1(?), 1983 - Tokyo, Japan - The city's Togo Shrine is closed to tourists for a banquet in honor of Eugene and Margaret Fluckey
December 12, 1983 - New York City - Admiral Fluckey attends a special luncheon to honor President Ronald Reagan, who receives the Patriots award from 200 surviving members of the Medal of Honor Society
August 29, 1986 - Baltimore, Maryland - Reunion of Fluckey and 43 other USS Barb crewmen
November 17, 1989 - Groton, Connecticut - Fluckey addresses enlisted men and officers at the dedication of Fluckey Hall at the Naval submarine school
January 30, 1990 - Groton, Connecticut(?) - Barb torpedoman Don Miller reunites with Jack Flynn for the 1st time in 50 years in Brisbane, Australia. Flynn was captured while fighting in Burma for the British and later was cast adrift on flotsam in the South China Sea. The Barb miraculously located Flynn and 13 other survivors
September 5, 1990 - Kissimmee, Florida - Emotional reunion between 38 USS Barb crewmen, Jack Flynn and Don Miller
June 4, 1991 - Nam Kwan Harbor, China - Fluckey arrives to determine whether the Barb sunk more than a single ship in its daring attack on the port where a 27-ship japanese convoy was at anchor
January(?) 1(?), 1992 - Cleveland, Ohio - Fluckey is guest of honor for the rechristening of the USS Cod (SS-224), a memorial on the Cleveland Waterfront
February 12, 1992 - Groton, Connecticut - Fluckey is the surprise guest at a wine and cheese party hosted by the Commanding Officer of the Naval Submarine Base
May 9, 1992 - Moscow, Russia - Eugene and Margaret Fluckey march in the russian Peace Victory Parade
December 11, 1992 - Mississippi River - 76 USS Barb shipmates and their wives join Admiral Fluckey and wife for a 4-day cruise on the Mississippi River
May 31, 1993 - Washington D.C. - Fluckey and wife enjoy breakfast with the Clintons, as sole representative for all the veterans of World War II at a memorial Day ceremony at the White House and Arlington Cemetery

October 14, 1993 - New York City - Eugene Fluckey begins a whirling speaking tour promoting his book "Thunder Below"
March 26, 1994 - Kansas City, Missouri - Admiral Fluckey and his wife are inducted into the Sovereign Military Order of St.John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta
August 1, 1994 - Washington D.C. - Eugene Fluckey finishes his speaking tour, promoting his book
July 4, 1995 - Pueblo, Colorado - Admiral Fluckey attends a ceremony honoring 16 recipients of the Medal of Honor
September 15, 1995 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Fluckey provides introductory remarks for President Bill Clinton at the 50th Anniversary of the Allied Triumph in WW2
November 3, 1995 - Kings Bay, Georgia - Fluckey is the guest speaker at the dedication of Fluckey Hall at the Naval Submarine Base
May 14, 1996 - Vancouver, Canada - Eugene and Margaret Fluckey, along with USS Barb shipmates and wives, board the SS Nordham for a 7-day cruise of the island passage of Alaska
December(?) 1(?), 1996 - Yokosuka, Japan - Admiral Fluckey and his wife attend the inauguration of Yokosuka's Naval Base new headquarters - Fluckey Hall
April 18, 1997 - Yokosuka, Japan - Eugene and Margaret Fluckey are guests of honor at a ball to mark the 97th birthday of the submarine navies of Japan and the United States
August(?) 1(?), 1998 - Washington D.C. - Meeting with retired Naval Officers and Ohio Senator John Glenn, the first american to orbit the Earth, and that was a passanger aboard the USS Barb off Midway in 1944
January(?) 1(?), 1999 - Annapolis, Maryland - Eugene Fluckey is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
April 3, 2003 - Annapolis, Maryland - Fluckey's last appearance at a USS Barb veterans reunion
December 7, 2004 - Annapolis, Maryland - Fluckey sends a letter to be read by Neal Sever, the former USS Barb signalman who took part in sabotaging an enemy train in 1945, at the opening of a Medal of Honor Gallery in the Submarine Force Library and Museum
November 12, 2005 - Annapolis, Maryland - As Fluckey moves to Arbor Nursing Home due to severe Alzheimer's disease, his wife Margaret accepts the Chester Nimitz Award for Outstanding Service during the War in his name
November 1(?), 2006 - Annapolis, Maryland - Fluckey receives recognition from Vice Adm. Charles Munns, commander of Submarine forces, at Arbor Nursing Home, Annapolis
June 28, 2007 - Annapolis, Maryland - Eugene Fluckey dies at Arbor Nursing Home, aged 93 =(END)

Dudley Morton | Timeline

Dudley Walker "Mush" Morton (July 17, 1907 – October 11, 1943) was a submarine commander of the United States Navy during World War II. He was commander of USS Wahoo (SS-238) during its third through seventh patrols. Wahoo was one of the most-celebrated submarines of World War II, sinking at least 19 Japanese ships, more than any other submarine of the time. Morton and Wahoo disappeared in 1943 during a patrol near La Perouse Strait, and he was ultimately declared deceased three years later. (Intro from Wikipedia)

July 17, 1907 - Owensboro - Dudley Walker Morton is born

June 1(?), 1926 - Annapolis, Maryland - Morton enters in the U.S.Naval Academy

June 1(?), 1930 - Annapolis, Maryland - Graduates from U.S.Naval Academy - Commissioned an Ensign. Assigned to USS Saratoga

January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Groton, Connecticut - After completing Submarine School at New London, Morton serves aboard submarine tender USS Canopus

January(?) 1(?), 1936 - Groton, Connecticut - Serves aboard the submarine USS S-37 (SS-142)

January(?) 1(?), 1937 - Philadelphia - Serves at the Philadelphia Naval Yard

January(?) 1(?), 1939  - ? - Service aboard the destroyer USS Fairfax (DD-93)

August 19, 1940 - Philadelphia - The Submarine USS R-5 (SS-82) is recomissioned, with Dudley Morton as the Commanding Officer =(START)

October 30, 1940 - Groton, Connecticut - USS R-5 reports to Division 42 at New London
December 10, 1940 - Groton, Connecticut - USS R-5 departs to Submarine base at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
January 1(?), 1941 - Bay of Panama - In the first months of 1941, USS R-5 patrols in the Bay of Panama
October 31, 1941 - Groton, Connecticut - USS R-5 returns to New London
December 1(?), 1941 - Bermuda-New England Shipping Lanes - Relieves R-1(SS-78) on patrol along the Bermuda-New England shipping lanes
February 10, 1942 - ? - USS R-5 fires against an u-boat for the first time, but misses
April 30, 1942 - Groton, Connecticut - USS R-5 departs for patrol, 300 nm N of Bermuda
May 5, 1942 - Groton - USS R-5 arrives for repairs to her after ballast tank
May 17, 1942 - Groton - Morton leaves command of USS R-5
July 1(?), 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Appointed commander of USS Dolphin for a few months
October 15, 1942 - Pearl Harbor - Promoted to Commander
November 1(?), 1942 - Pearl Harbor - Morton leaves command of USS Dolphin
November 8, 1942 - Pearl Harbor - Morton and O'Kane depart for USS Wahoo's second war patrol, under the command of Marvin G. Kennedy
November 30, 1942 - Solomon Islands (with Bougainville and Buka on sight) - USS Wahoo fails to approach a target and proceeds East of Cape Hanpan
December 7, 1942 - Between Truk and the Shortland Islands - Kennedy decides to patrol the direct route between Truk and the Shortland Islands
December 10, 1942 - Off Buin, Bougainville Island - During the return trip, USS Wahoo runs across a convoy of cargo ships and a destroyer - Cargo ship "Kamoi Maru" sunk. The following depth charge attack fails to damage the submarine
December 14, 1942 - USS Wahoo sinks an unidentified Japanese Submarine
December 15, 1942 - Kieta Harbor, Bougainville Island - USS Wahoo looks into Kieta Harbor
December 26, 1942 - Moreton Light, Australia - USS Wahoo passes Moreton Light for entrance into Brisbane
December 27, 1942 - Brisbane, Australia - USS Wahoo arrives in Brisbane and starts refit
December 31, 1942 - Brisbane - Lt.Commander Kennedy is relieved as commanding officer for being unproductive. Morton replaces him
January 16, 1943 - Brisbane - After performing sonar tests in Moreton Bay, USS Wahoo departs for her Third War Patrol, under command of Dudley Morton

Richard O'Kane and Dudley Morton
on the bridge of USS Wahoo

January 19, 1943 - Vitiaz Strait (Between New Guinea and New Britain) - USS Wahoo passes into Vitiaz Strait
January 24, 1943 - N of Kairiru Island (N Papua New Guinea) - USS Wahoo dives North of Kairiru Island and proceeds around the western end to penetrate Victoria Bay. Destroyer "Harusame" is heavily damaged. USS Wahoo changes course to Palau
January 26, 1943 - 270 nm N of Dutch New Guinea - USS Wahoo fires at two ships - "Fukuei Maru" is sunk, then, "Buyo Maru", a japanese transport ship carrying Indian POWs from 16th Punjab Regiment, is also sunk. USS Wahoo intercepts another two ships, sinking one and damaging another. Morton and O'Kane proceed to Fais Island
January 28, 1943 - Fais Island, E Caroline Islands (Between Palau and Guam) - USS Wahoo sights Fais Island, and her plan to shell a phosphorite refinery is scrapped due to the untimely appearance of an inter-island steamer. On 27th, a japanese destroyer effectively thwarths a USS Wahoo attack on a convoy

February 7, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo arrives at Pearl Harbor from her third patrol
February 21, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo is drydocked after refit
February 23, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo departs for Midway Island on her fourth war patrol
February 27, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo topps off her fuel tanks and heads for her patrol area
March 11, 1943 - Nagasaki-Formosa / Shimonoseki-Formosa shipping routes - USS Wahoo arrives to her assigned patrol area
March 19, 1943 - E of Dalian, China - Freighter "Zogen Maru" sunk. Another freighter is damaged but escapes
March 21, 1943 - S of Chinnampo, North Korea - Large Freighter sunk - "Hozen Maru". Then a smaller one - "Nittsu Maru" sunk
March 23, 1943 - Laotiehshan Channel, close to Port Arthur - Collier "Katyosan Maru" sunk
March 24, 1943 - Korea Bay, 50km SE of Dalian - Large tanker sunk - "Takaosan Maru"
March 25, 1943 - N Yellow Sea (between Weihai-CHN and Haeju-N.Korea) - Freighter "Satsuki Maru" sunk with deck gun
March 26, 1943 - East China Sea - A Freighter and a trawler are sunk with deck gun
March 28, 1943 - Shimonoseki-Formosa Shipping route - USS Wahoo wrecks two motor sampans with 20mm gunfire
March 29, 1943 - S of Kyushu - Freighter "Yamabato Maru" is sunk
April 6, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo arrives at Midway Island. Refit starts on the following day
April 25, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo departs under air escort for her fifth patrol, via the Kuril Islands
May 4, 1943 - Northeast tip of Etorofu Island, Kuril Islands - Seaplane tender "Kamikawa Maru" is damaged (later sunk by USS Scamp)
May 7, 1943 - Off Benten Saki Coast - USS Wahoo sinks the "Tamon Maru #5", another ship escapes
May 9, 1943 - Kone Saki - USS Wahoo proceeds up the coast with the intention of closing Kone Saki - Large tanker "Takao Maru" and freighter "Jimu Maru" are sunk
May 12, 1943 - Tokyo-Paramushiro routh - Two freighters are attacked but manage to escape
May 21, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo arrives from her fifth war patrol
May 22, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - Admiral Chester Nimitz comes on board to present awards
May 24, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo departs to Mare Island Navy Yard
May 29, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Wahoo arrives at Mare Island Navy Yard
July 21, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Wahoo departs to Pearl Harbor
July 27, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo arrives at Pearl Harbor
August 2, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo departs for Midway Island on her sixth war patrol
August 6, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo reached Midway Island but leaves on the same day
August 13, 1943 - Sea of Okhotsk - After passing through the Etorofu Strait, USS Wahoo enters the Sea of Okhotsk
August 14, 1943 - Sea of Japan - USS Wahoo arrives in the Sea of Japan and sights 3 freighters
August 15, 1943 - USS Wahoo sights a big freighter and breaks off the pursuit of the 3 smaller freighters, however, it misses her torpedoes. Morton starts evasive action after sighting an Otori-class torpedo boat, and lets the big freighter escape. USS Wahoo heads to the Hokkaido-Korea shipping route
August 17, 1943 - Hokkaido-Korea Shipping route - During 16th and 17th, USS Wahoo misses all torpedoes agains three different targets
August 20, 1943 - La Perouse Strait (Between Hokkaido and Sakhalin) - USS Wahoo destroys 3 sampans with her 20mm, and takes 6 japanese fishermen aboard as war prisoners
August 21, 1943 - Etorofu Strait (NE of Etorofu island) - USS Wahoo passes through Etorofu Strait
August 25, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo reaches Midway on the way to Pearl Harbor
August 29, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo returns from her Sixth War Patrol
September 13, 1943 - Pearl Harbor - USS Wahoo departs on her seventh War Patrol, and heads for La Perouse Strait
September 25, 1943 - Sea of Japan - After disappearing from her assigned area and failing to radio report, USS Wahoo sinks the "Taiko Maru"
October 5, 1943 - Coast of Honshu, near Tsushima Strait (SE of S.Korea) - USS Wahoo sinks the steamer "Konron Maru" - 544 people dead
October 6, 1943 - Sea of Japan - USS Wahoo sinks the "Kanko Maru"

USS Wahoo

October 9, 1943 - Sea of Japan - USS Wahoo sinks another ship with the same name "Kanko Maru"
October 11, 1943 - La Perouse Strait - USS Wahoo is sunk with all hands, by a combined air and sea attack with depth charges all day =(END)

Richard O'Kane | Timeline

Rear Admiral Richard Hetherington “Dick” O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who received a Medal of Honor for his service on the Tang. He also served on the Wahoo, as executive officer and approach officer. He participated in more successful attacks on Japanese shipping than any other submarine officer during the war. (Intro from Wikipedia)

February 2, 1911 - Dover, New Hampshire - Richard Hetherington O'Kane is born
January(?) 1(?), 1930 - Andover, Massachusetts - Graduates from Phillips Academy
May 1(?), 1934 - Annapolis, Maryland - Graduates from U.S.Naval Academy
June 1, 1936 - Berkeley, California - O'Kane marries Ernestine Groves at the Episcopal Church, during USS Pruitt's overhaul at Mare Island
January 1(?), 1938 - Groton, Connecticut - Richard O'Kane is accepted in the Submarine School New London
June 1(?), 1938 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - After receiving submarine instruction, O'Kane is assigned to the "USS Argonaut" =(START)
November 28, 1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Argonaut, commanded by Stephen G. Barchet, departs to patrol around Midway Island, with USS Trout
December 7, 1941 - Off Midway Island - USS Argonaut is notified by radio of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
January 20, 1942 - Off Midway Island - USS Argonaut successfully rendezvous with the destroyer USS Litchfield to escort her back to Pearl Harbor
January 22, 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Argonaut returns to Pearl Harbor. O'Kane witnesses the devastation wreacked  by the japanese air raid
February(?) 1(?), 1942 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Argonaut arrives for her overhaul
April 1(?), 1942 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - End of O'Kane's service in USS Argonaut
June 15, 1942 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - Joins the precommissioning crew of the new submarine "USS Wahoo" as Executive Officer
August 12, 1942 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Wahoo departs to Hawaii
August 18, 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo arrives in Hawaii to conduct exercises until August 21st
August 23, 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo departs for her First War Patrol, under the command of Marvin G. Kennedy
September 6, 1942 - Between Hall Islands and Namonuito Atoll, W of Truk - USS Wahoo fires 3 torpedoes at a freighter, but misses
September 20, 1942 - Between Hall Islands and Namonuito Atoll, W of Truk - Kennedy decides to leave the southwest part of the patrol area and explore south of the Namonuito Atoll - a freighter is hit by a torpedo but doesn't sink
October 1, 1942 - Ulul Island, W Namonuito Atoll, Micronesia - USS Wahoo's patrol reached Ulul Island
October 7, 1942 - Ulul Island, W Namonuito Atoll, Micronesia - USS Wahoo departs the patrol area, after missing two of the best targets due to lack of skill and agressiveness - An aircraft carrier escorted by 2 destroyers and a mother ship to midget submarines
October 16, 1942 - Off Hawaii - USS Wahoo makes rendezvous with her escort and proceeds to Pearl Harbor
October 17, 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo returns from her First War Patrol. Starts refit on 18th
November 8, 1942 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Dudley Morton and Richard O'Kane depart for USS Wahoo's second war patrol, under the command of Marvin G. Kennedy
November 30, 1942 - Solomon Islands (with Bougainville and Buka on sight) - USS Wahoo fails to approach a target and proceeds East of Cape Hanpan
December 7, 1942 - Between Truk and the Shortland Islands - Kennedy decides to patrol the direct route between Truk and the Shortland Islands
December 10, 1942 - Off Buin, Bougainville Island - During the return trip, USS Wahoo runs across a convoy of cargo ships and a destroyer - Cargo ship "Kamoi Maru" sunk. The following depth charge attack fails to damage the submarine
December 14, 1942 - USS Wahoo sinks an unidentified Japanese Submarine
December 15, 1942 - Kieta Harbor, Bougainville Island - USS Wahoo looks into Kieta Harbor
December 26, 1942 - Moreton Light, Australia - USS Wahoo passes Moreton Light for entrance into Brisbane
December 27, 1942 - Brisbane, Australia - USS Wahoo arrives in Brisbane and starts refit
December 31, 1942 - Brisbane, Australia - Lt.Commander Kennedy is relieved as commanding officer for being unproductive. Dudley Morton replaces him
January 16, 1943 - Brisbane, Australia - After performing sonar tests in Moreton Bay, USS Wahoo departs for her Third War Patrol, under command of Dudley Morton
January 19, 1943 - Vitiaz Strait (Between New Guinea and New Britain) - USS Wahoo passes into Vitiaz Strait
January 24, 1943 - N of Kairiru Island (N Papua New Guinea) - USS Wahoo dives North of Kairiru Island and proceeds around the western end to penetrate Victoria Bay. Destroyer "Harusame" is heavily damaged. USS Wahoo changes course to Palau
January 26, 1943 - 270 nm N of Dutch New Guinea - USS Wahoo fires at two ships - "Fukuei Maru" is sunk, then, "Buyo Maru", a japanese transport ship carrying Indian POWs from 16th Punjab Regiment, is also sunk. USS Wahoo intercepts another two ships, sinking one and damaging another. Morton and O'Kane proceed to Fais Island
January 28, 1943 - Fais Island, E Caroline Islands (Between Palau and Guam) - USS Wahoo sights Fais Island, and her plan to shell a phosphorite refinery is scrapped due to the untimely appearance of an inter-island steamer. On 27th, a japanese destroyer effectively thwarths a USS Wahoo attack on a convoy

O'Kane and Morton on the bridge
of USS Wahoo, February 1943

February 7, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo arrives at Pearl Harbor from her third patrol
February 21, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo is drydocked after refit
February 23, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo departs for Midway Island on her fourth war patrol
February 27, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo topps off her fuel tanks and heads for her patrol area
March 11, 1943 - Nagasaki-Formosa / Shimonoseki-Formosa shipping routes - USS Wahoo arrives to her assigned patrol area
March 19, 1943 - E of Dalian, China - Freighter "Zogen Maru" sunk. Another freighter is damaged but escapes
March 21, 1943 - S of Chinnampo, North Korea - Large Freighter sunk - "Hozen Maru". Then a smaller one - "Nittsu Maru" sunk
March 23, 1943 - Laotiehshan Channel, close to Port Arthur - Collier "Katyosan Maru" sunk
March 24, 1943 - Korea Bay, 50km SE of Dalian - Large tanker sunk - "Takaosan Maru"
March 25, 1943 - N Yellow Sea (between Weihai-CHN and Haeju-N.Korea) - Freighter "Satsuki Maru" sunk with deck gun
March 26, 1943 - East China Sea - A Freighter and a trawler are sunk with deck gun
March 28, 1943 - Shimonoseki-Formosa Shipping route - USS Wahoo wrecks two motor sampans with 20mm gunfire
March 29, 1943 - S of Kyushu - Freighter "Yamabato Maru" is sunk
April 6, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo arrives at Midway Island. Refit starts on the following day
April 25, 1943 - Midway Island - USS Wahoo departs under air escort for her fifth patrol, via the Kuril Islands
May 4, 1943 - Northeast tip of Etorofu Island, Kuril Islands - Seaplane tender "Kamikawa Maru" is damaged (later sunk by USS Scamp)
May 7, 1943 - Off Benten Saki Coast - USS Wahoo sinks the "Tamon Maru #5", another ship escapes
May 9, 1943 - Kone Saki - USS Wahoo proceeds up the coast with the intention of closing Kone Saki - Large tanker "Takao Maru" and freighter "Jimu Maru" are sunk
May 12, 1943 - Tokyo-Paramushiro routh - Two freighters are attacked but manage to escape
May 21, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo arrives from her fifth war patrol
May 22, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Admiral Chester Nimitz comes on board to present awards
May 24, 1943 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Wahoo departs to Mare Island Navy Yard
May 29, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Wahoo arrives at Mare Island Navy Yard
July 1(?), 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - Richard O'Kane is detached from service on USS Wahoo
August 17, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Tang is launched
October 15, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Tang is commissioned with Lt.Commander Richard O'Kane
November 30, 1943 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - USS Tang is delivered to the Navy
December 1, 1943 - San Diego Area - Eighteen days of training
January 8, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Tang arrives in Hawaii to conduct two more weeks of exercises in preparation for combat
January 22, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Tang departs on her first war patrol
January 29, 1944 - Vicinity of Wake Island - Submerged patrols in the vicinity of Wake Island until February 5th
February 8, 1944 - N of Truk - USS Tang arrives to patrol area and sights USS Guardfish
February 14, 1944 - N of Namonuito (Truk-Saipan route) - Patrolling
February 17, 1944 - 130 miles WNW Truk, Micronesia - O'Kane attacks a japanese convoy, sinking army cargoship - Gyoten Maru - and merchant tanker "Kuniei Maru", and survives depth-charging by escorts "Amakusa", submarine chaser "Cha-31", auxiliary submarine chaser "Cha-24" and auxiliary minesweeper "Hagoromo Maru"
February 22, 1944 - 60 nm SW of Saipan - USS Tang makes a surface attack on a convoy of 3 cargo ships and 2 escorts. Sunken Ship - Fukuyama Maru
February 23, 1944 - Off Truk - Sunken ship - "Yamashiro Maru"
February 24, 1944 - W of Saipan - O'Kane sights a tanker, a freighter and a destroyer. As night falls, the freighter "Tatutaki Maru" is sunk in a surface attack. Next morning, "Echizen Maru" is also sunk. USS Wahoo survives the following depth charge attack, but is almost lost when a water leak in the torpedo room makes the submarine exceed the diving limit. However, O'Kane manages to control the submarine and return to surface
February 26, 1944 - W of Saipan - O'Kane sights a convoy of 6 ships (4 escorts), and uses his last torpedoes to sink the cargo ship "Choko Maru"
March 3, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Tang arrives to Midway Islands to end her first war patrol
March 16, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Tang departs for her Second War Patrol
March 23, 1944 - E of Pagan Island | Between Pagan and Alakamga Islands - USS Tang sights a trawler, probably a spotter, so it dives to avoid detection
March 24, 1944 - Between Pagan and Alakamga Islands - USS changes course to north to intercept USS Barb's convoy. Proceeding to area W of Palau
March 30, 1944 - Off Truk - USS Tang rescues 22 downed airmen, including some rescued by John Burns' Vought Kingfisher
April 2, 1944 - E of Davao City, Mindanao - USS Tang reaches new area of patrol - submerged patrol to avoid searchlights
April 3, 1944 - E of Davao Gulf, Philippines - Patrolling new area East of Davao Gulf
April 8, 1944 - W of Palau - Patrolling new area west of Palau
April 10, 1944 - 50 nm from Toagel Mlungui Pass (Palau) - Approaching the island submerged and slow, expecting shipping
April 11, 1944 - 10 nm from Toagel Mlungui Pass (Palau) - Submerged patrol with periscope searches, in position to ambush japanese shipping
April 23, 1944 - Fais Island (Between Palau and Guam) - O'Kane opens fire against the Refinery at Fais Island
April 28, 1944 - W of Truk - USS Tang enters a new area of patrol
May 1, 1944 - Truk Atoll, Carolines - USS Tang sights and tracks a japanese submarine, however, it dives and disappears. O'Kane sets course to SW at emergency speed to rescue life rafts and survivors. In their way, they rescue the pilot of a float plane from USS North Carolina. 22 Naval aviators are rescued
May 7, 1944 - Truk Atoll, Carolines - USS Tang sets course to Pearl Harbor
May 9, 1944 - 120 nm from Wake Island - Aircraft sighted - emergency dive
May 15, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Tang arrives at Pearl Harbor from her second war patrol
June 8, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Tang departs Pearl Harbor for her third war patrol
June 12, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Tang refuels at Midway Island and departs to the East China Sea
June 22, 1944 - Yakushima Island (S of Kagoshima) - USS Tang dives and passes Colnett Strait after dark
June 24, 1944 - SW of Kagoshima - A convoy of 6 large ships and 16 escorts is sighted. USS Tang closes for two surface attacks and sinks 4 ships - "Tamahoko Maru", "Tainan Maru", "Nasusan Maru" and "Kennichi Maru"
June 30, 1944 - Between Kyūshū and Dalian (CHN) - USS Tang sinks "Nikkin Maru", a transport ship without escort, after avoiding depth charges - 3,200 japanese soldiers go down with her
June 31, 1944 - Off Mokpo, SW South Korea - USS Tang sinks the freighter "Taiun Maru 2". After nightfall, the tanker "Takatori Maru 1" is also sunk
July 4, 1944 - Between Daikokusan Gunto and Osei To - Submerged attack - cargoships "Asukazan Maru" and "Yamaoka Maru" sunk
July 5, 1944 - Off Dalian, China - USS Tang uses her last 2 torpedoes in a submerged attack to the cargoship "Dori Maru" which is sunk
July 8, 1944 - Between Gaja-Shima and Tairajima (Satsunan Islands) - USS Tang passes submerged between Gaja-Shima and Tairajima Islands
July 14, 1944 - Midway Island - USS Tang arrives at Midway Island on the end of her third war patrol
July 31, 1944 - Midway Island - Departs for the Fourth war Patrol
August 8, 1944 - Mikura-Jima Island, S of Tokyo - USS Tang sights Mikura-Jima
August 10, 1944 - Omaezaki Beach, SW Shizuoka - O'Kane fires 3 torpedoes at a tanker but scores no hits
August 14, 1944 - E of Hachijo-Jima Island, S of Tokyo - USS Tang destroys a patrol yacht with her deck gun
August 22, 1944 - Owase-Wan (Owase Bay) - USS Tang sinks the patrol boat "No.2 Nansatsu Maru"
August 23, 1944 - Omai Saki, Omaezaki Cape - USS Tang sinks the large transport "Tsukushi Maru" - unknown number of deaths
August 25, 1944 - Off Adashika-Wan (Bay), S of Owase - USS Tang attacks a tanker and an escort with her last 3 torpedoes - Tanker "No.8 Nanko Maru" is sunk
August 26, 1944 - Aogashima Island, 222 nm S of Tokyo - USS Tang passed near Aogashima Island on the way home
September 3, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - O'Kane returns from his fourth war patrol on the USS Tang
September 24, 1944 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - After refit, USS Tang departs for her fifth war patrol with Richard O'Kane
September 27, 1944 - Midway Island - After topping off her fuel at Midway Island, USS Tang departs for the Formosa Strait
October 6, 1944 - On the way to Formosa - USS Tang runs into a full-fledged typhoon
October 10, 1944 - Off Northern Formosa - USS Tang sinks the cargo ships "Joshu Go" and "Ōita Maru" on the night of 10/11
October 23, 1944 - Off Turnabout Island, Strait of Formosa - O'Kane sights a large convoy of 3 tankers, a transport, a freighter and numerous escorts. USS Tang breaks into the middle of the formation and fires. Escaping  to open water with difficulty - 3 ships are sunk by USS Tang's torpedoes and by ramming each other in the confusion
October 24, 1944 - Off Turnabout Island, Strait of Formosa - At dark, USS Tang heads for Turnabout Island (Kiushan Tao -CHN) and identifies a large convoy. Firing several torpedoes, USS Tang sinks the freighters "Kogen Maru" and "Matsumoto Maru" - Richard O'Kane is later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 23 and 24

USS Tang

October 25, 1944 - Off Turnabout Island, Strait of Formosa - USS Tang's last torpedo is fired, however, it curves to the left and after 20 seconds hits the submarine. USS Tang sinks - 78 men are killed and 9 survive, including Richard O'Kane
October 26, 1944 - Takao, SW Formosa - The nine survivors are rescued by japanese patrol ship "P-34". They are beaten aboard by survivors of USS Tang's previous sinkings", which they understood. Each of them are questioned until the ship reaches Takao
October 27, 1944 - Keelung (Northern tip of Formosa) - The american prisoners travel all day long by train to an old portuguese prison in Keelung
November 1(?), 1944 - Kobe, Japan - O'Kane arrives at Kobe aboard a japanese warship and it put on a train to Yokohama
November 2(?), 1944 - Ōfuna Camp, Kamakura - In Yokohama, a bus takes O'Kane and the other nine captives to Ōfuna, where are placed in a prison camp and interrogated by Japanese Intelligence
April 1(?), 1945 - Omori Camp, Tokyo Bay - Pappy Boyington is ordered to lead a group of prisoners to Omori Camp, including Richard O'Kane
August 28, 1945 - Omori Camp, Tokyo Bay - Cpt.Harold Stassen, Governor of Minnesota, who was on military leave with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet Staff, arrived to make arrangements for the removal of the 604 prisoners from Omori
September 2, 1945 - Tokyo Bay - In a much weakened state, O'Kane is taken aboard the hospital ship "Relief"
September 30(?), 1945 - Guam - In better condition, although still "a human wreckage", O'Kane arrives in Guam
September 31(?), 1945 - Alameda Naval Air Station, California - O'Kane returns to California
October 1(?), 1945 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - O'Kane is taken to Portsmouth Naval Hospital
January(?) 1(?), 1946 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - O'Kane is declared fit for service again

President Truman presents the
Medal of Honor to Richard O'Kane

March 27, 1946 - White House, Washington D.C. - President Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander Richard O'Kane
April 1(?), 1946 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - Staff of Commander Mare Island Group, Pacific Reseve Fleet
September 1(?), 1947 - Tokyo, Japan - Richard O'Kane attends and testifies at the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo
November 1(?), 1947 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California - Back in the USA
July 1(?), 1948 - San Diego - Commanding officer of USS Pellas
August 1(?), 1949 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Commander of Submarine Division 32
August 1(?), 1950 - Norfolk, Virginia - Armed Forces Staff College
January 1(?), 1951 - Groton, Connecticut - Instructor in Command Class, Assistant Officer in Charge, Submarine School
July 1(?), 1952 - Groton, Connecticut - Officer in charage Submarine School, New London
July 1(?), 1953 - Groton, Connecticut - O'Kane is promoted to Captain
August 1(?), 1953 - San Diego - Commanding officer of U.S.S. Sperry
June 1(?), 1954 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Commander Submarine Squadron 7
June 1(?), 1955 - Newport, Rhode Island - Naval War College
July 1(?), 1956 - Washington D.C. - Ship Characteristics Board, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department
July 1, 1957 - Petaluma, California - Richard H. O'Kane retires
November 13, 1981 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Medal of Honor Society convention - Four WW2 submarine commanders are present - Lawson P.Ramage, Richard H. O'Kane, George L.Street III and Eugene Fluckey
December(?) 1(?), 1981 - Petaluma, California - Back in Petaluma(?)
February 16, 1994 - Petaluma, California - Richard H. O'Kane dies, aged 83 =(END)