This was held at San Francisco's World War II submarine USS Pampanita. A bell tolled 52 times, once for each of the 52 submarines that never returned to port and 3,505 crew members who lost their lives during the war.
Two buglers played taps and Captain Shepherd Hanks, navigator on the USS Nautilus which was the first nuclear-powered sub and the first to reach the North Pole under the ice cap, spoke. More than 200 sub vets attended.
USS PAMPANITO
Was a WWII Balao-class fleet boat that was involved in the dramatic sea-rescue of 73 Australian and British POWs. It is docked at San Francisco's Pier 45 in Fisherman's Wharf.
That Had to Be Very Scary in a Depth Charge Attack. --Old Coot
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