Stories From the US Submarine Force
The USS Cutlass (SS-478), a Tench-class submarine, was launched on November 5, 1944, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Commissioned on March 17, 1945, under the command of Commander Herbert L. Jukes, she was one of the last submarines to enter service during World War II. Named for the cutlassfish, her service history would span decades and two different navies.
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Howard Gilmore had always been a man of the sea. Born in Selma, Alabama, in 1902, he was drawn to the Navy early, enlisting in 1920 and earning an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy two years later. He wasn’t just another midshipman—he stood out, graduating in 1926 and beginning a career that would lead him to command in the silent service, where men fought unseen beneath the waves. His early service saw him posted to the battleship USS Mississippi, but it was under the surface, in the cold steel belly of a submarine, that he found his calling. Continue reading “Howard Gilmore – Medal of Honor”
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