The "Clipper" flights across the Pacific to the Far East made islands like Hawaii, Midway, Guam, and Wake Island important way-stations. Two torpedoes passed close by Taney. During this time, the ship received the classification WPG-37. Test depth: 400 ft (120 m) Launched: 6 September 1944 Yep, that's right, the submarine docked next to the aquarium. On 25 August 1945, TG 95.5 was dissolved, and Rear Admiral Cobb, who had been embarked during the Okinawa campaign, hauled down his flag and departed. Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) Her main battery also underwent change: she now sported two open-mount 5-inch guns, as well as 40- and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. She is also the only submarine converted in the Fleet Snorkel program that has the original snorkel. Living aboard a lightship was not always easy for a crew of 16 on the boat. If you are the site owner (or you manage this site), please whitelist your IP or if you think this block is an error please open a support ticket and make sure to include the block details (displayed in the box below), so we can assist you in troubleshooting the issue. She received her last major pre-war refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, in the spring of the following year, 1941. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. "Youre getting electronic voice phenomenonin its purest form so youre not using, a microphone and yet you are getting EVPs.. The team encountereda possible shadow figure and we heard voices from the dead. Before I go, though, one more thing. Held down by enemy planes and patrol vessels, the submarine remained submerged more than seven hours. She is off the coast of Okinawa a few days prior to VJ day really an end to the, Pacific. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for search and rescue emergencies. 75 days on patrol Join XPLR CLUB: http://xplrclub.com/Sam and Colby take fans to explore the most haunted military ghost ship, the USS Hornet, in the USA! She is historic in that she fired the last torpedo (a direct hit by the way on a Japanese warship) of WWII. This new version of the majestic ship stretches 199 feet long, 43 feet across. Commissioned: 16 December 1944 The Taney played a role in their colonization by the United States. [4], The month of January, 1980, was an unusually busy month for the crew of the Taney. The Tench class were virtual copies of the Gato and Balao classes; however, they were more strongly built than the Gato/Balao classes and had a better internal . This one was commissioned, in December of 1944 towards the end of the war. Do you need to book in advance to visit USS Torsk? There are stories of a young boy who was murdered in this area - was it him reaching out to us? We also let one of our cameras run to try and capture evidence. As the ocean stations were decommissioned during the early 1970s due to advances in radar and electronic navigation, Taney was assigned exclusively to the only station still operational: Ocean Station Hotel off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. She arrived at Victor on 22 October, relieving Winnebago. And taking you on a short tour this morning was a pleasure. [6], Torsk resumed her Mediterranean deployments in the 1960s, which included a joint training exercise, "New Broom X", with fleet units of British Commonwealth navies. She again sailed to Guam, where she stayed on 1 and 2 August, before continuing on to the Sea of Japan. Her keel was laid on 7 June 1944, and she was launched on 6 September 1944. (six forward, four aft) This was her home port for the next seven years, during which time she served primarily as a training ship. The Itasca was preparing to lend navigational support to Amelia Earhart's flight around the world. [4], As the Navy and Coast Guard began gradually increasing and augmenting the armament on its vessels to prepare them for the inexorably advancing war, Taney underwent her first major rearmament at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in December 1940. From 28 October to 17 November 1972 she served on Ocean Station Delta. But something paranormal continued to followed us. Joining Task Group 51.8 (TG 51.8), the amphibious command ship proceeded to Okinawa and arrived off the Hagushi beaches amidst air raid alerts on 11 April. It is nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast." In 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan, sinking one cargo vessel and two coastal defense frigates. What to Do i A response is heard. Departing Wakayama on 14 October 1945, Taney returned to the west coast of the United States, via Midway, and arrived at San Francisco on 29 October 1945. The logo is visible today on the sail. We searched the sub for visual evidence and came up empty. First published on September 6, 2022 / 12:20 PM. It was a first for the Unexplained Cases team - an EVP where one of our names was said from beyond. The Torsk actually sunk the last Japanese vessel that was sunk during the war. Torsk paused briefly at Guam en route to an area off Kii Suido which she reached on 11 May and began lifeguard duty. A food fish of the North Atlantic, also known as the cusk or tusk. [6], On 14 August, she encountered a medium-sized cargo ship accompanied by a 745 long tons (757t) Kaibkan type escort vessel steaming off Amarube Saki[ja]Battle of Kasumi[ja]. On 13 August, she patrolled off Ando Saki and, after sighting a number of fishing boats during the morning, sighted another small freighter which she promptly sank. With the work completed in early January 1945, Taney departed Boston on 19 January 1945, bound for Norfolk, Virginia. The Tench-class submarines were incremental improvements of the preceding Balao and Gato classes of fleet submarines that proved to be highly successful during operations against Japan in the Pacific War. Located near the famous Baltimore Aquarium, the Torsk is well-worth a visit. [3] She was named for Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), who served as U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief . USS Spikefish (SS 404) sink the Japanese submarine (I 373), in the Sea of Japan. She also continued nabbing drug smugglers. She departed that Florida port on 20 February, transited the Panama Canal, and reached Hawaii on 23 March.After a repair and training period, she got underway from Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol. She was also involved with various tests and training exercises. Donation requests should be received at least 30 days prior to the event date, as requests are processed at the end of each month. [4], In 1988, the USCGC Taney (WHEC-37), Structure #88001826, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. There Taney served a 10-month tour of duty, providing naval gunfire support and preventing enemy infiltration along the coastal routes used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. heart attack if nothing else. / CBS Baltimore. warship for very long. Torsk's logo was redesigned in the 1950s by artists from Walt Disney Company. Traversing the boat from stern to bow, visitors have the opportunity to view the torpedo rooms, the navigation station, the operation station, the engine room, the crews mess and crew berthing areas. Returning on 27 November, she continued operations out of New London ranging from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Havana, Cuba, as she trained prospective submarine personnel and laid exercise mine fields. 2 126-cell Sargo batteries She arrived back in New London on 27 November, after which she resumed her training duties. She joined their patrols on the east coast of the island, but found no Japanese vessels in the area. He saw it passyou see how the shine is on the floor in there? Preserving history while documenting the strange, paranormal, and unexplained. Reports of the Moehau Man date back over 120 years. One of the most essential functions of Historic Ships in Baltimore is the ongoing maintenance and restoration work. From 2 September 1972 to 23 September 1972 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. Submarine Torsk is a highlight of the Historic Ships collection. Over the past few years, the UC team has grown to add Michael Chinn as Lead Investigator and Researcher in addition, Written by: Jim Birchall Case Filed: 6/11/22 Executive Producer: Rick Garner Sasquatch, Yeti, Yeren, Yowie, and Swamp Apeall names which essentially identify a legendary cryptid known across the world - Bigfoot. Armed with ten torpedo tubes, the Tench-class submarines were incremental developments of the highly-successful Gato-class submarines that formed the backbone of the US Navy's submarine force during the war. Torsk operated out of Washington until 1971 and, on 15 December of that year, was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Over eighty sailors lived aboard Torsk at particular times. Amazing a veteran news photographer is not an easy thing, trust me. A crew of over 80 had some seriously tight quarters. On one occasion, Taney's duties took her close inshore close enough to even receive fire close aboard from a Japanese shore battery. USS Torsk was in service from 1944-1968 and sank the last e. Draft: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [3] Coast Guardsmen from the Taney were ordered to take up defensive positions around Aloha Tower and protect it from being occupied. Meanwhile, tension continued to rise in the Far East as Japan cast covetous glances at the American, British, Dutch, and French colonial possessions and marched deeper into embattled China. [6], The Navy turned Torsk over to the state of Maryland on 26 September 1972 so she could be preserved as a museum ship; she was moored in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland,[6] where she remains today as part of the Historic Ships in Baltimore. [4], The Coast Guard's task over the ensuing years leading up to the outbreak of war in the Pacific was to supply these isolated way-stations along the transpacific air routes and to relieve the colonists at stated intervals. Decommissioned: 4 March 1968 The ship took on an important role in the waters off Africa. Commissioned on 16 December 1944, USS Torsk was one of only ten Tench Class fleet type submarines to see service in World War II. She also continued to help train anti-submarine forces of the Atlantic Fleet. [3] In 2020, Historic Ships in Baltimore and the Living Classrooms Foundation announced that they will remove the name Taney from the ship, in recognition of her namesake's historical acts of racial injustice, instead identifying her as simply WHEC-37. He goes by another name here in New Zealand. In 1952, the boat underwent a fleet snorkel conversion and received equipment for use in testing and development of the Regulus missile in the mid-1950's. 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