Retired Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, center, is escorted by Cmdr. Greg Cotten to receive alumni's Distinguished Graduate Award.Retired Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, center, and USS Barb shipmates ...

From Naval History and Heritage Command The USS Barb, a 1,525-ton Gato class submarine built at Groton, Connecticut, was commissioned in July 1942. That fall the submarine was sent to operate in … ...

The future USS Barb is a Virginia-class attack submarine currently designated SSN-804, and the future USS Robert F. Lehman, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is designated DDG-137.

Capt. Eugene Fluckey of the Gato-class submarine USS Barb volunteered his boat to try out the experimental rocket launcher in 1945.At the time, the Navy was actually testing the weapon’s ...

Task & Purpose has a terrific piece detailing how the USS Barb (SS-220) successfully “sank” a train — on the Japanese home islands, no less.

Capt. Eugene Fluckey of the Gato-class submarine USS Barb volunteered his boat to try out the experimental rocket launcher in 1945.At the time, the Navy was actually testing the weapon’s ...

It's June 1945 and the USS Barb has just launched an unprecedented attack on the factories of the Japanese island of Shari. It's the first time that rockets have ever been launched from a submarine.

The USS Barb had an unusual target in its sights in 1945 - one that wasn't even in the water. It was a Japanese supply train on the island of Karafuto.