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They sank 1,314 Japanese ships. Over 5.5 MILLION tons destroyed.

With just 2% of Navy personnel, US submarines sank 55% of all Japanese shipping.

These are the 10 deadliest American submarines of World War II.

📊 THE TOP 10 US SUBMARINES OF WWII:

#10 — USS Silversides (SS-236): 23 ships / 90,000 tons — SURVIVED
#9 — USS Wahoo (SS-238): 20 ships / 60,000 tons — LOST Oct 1943
#8 — USS Barb (SS-220): 17 ships / 97,000 tons — SURVIVED
#7 — USS Tang (SS-306): 33 ships claimed / 94,000 tons — LOST Oct 1944
#6 — USS Rasher (SS-269): 18 ships / ~100,000 tons — SURVIVED
#5 — USS Flasher (SS-249): 21 ships / ~100,000 tons — SURVIVED
#4 — USS Tautog (SS-199): 26 ships / 72,606 tons — SURVIVED (#1 by ships!)
#3 — USS Archerfish (SS-311): Sank SHINANO (69,000 tons — LARGEST EVER) — SURVIVED
#2 — USS Harder (SS-257): 16 ships + 5 DESTROYERS — LOST Aug 1944
#1 — THE LEGACY: Wahoo + Tang + Harder — Changed submarine warfare forever

🎖️ MEDAL OF HONOR COMMANDERS:
• Richard O'Kane — USS Tang — survived as POW
• Sam Dealey — USS Harder — "Destroyer Killer" (posthumous)
• Eugene Fluckey — USS Barb — Most decorated US submariner

🏆 INCREDIBLE RECORDS:
• Most tonnage: USS Flasher / USS Rasher — ~100,000 tons each
• Most ships (JANAC confirmed): USS Tautog — 26 kills
• Largest warship sunk by sub: Shinano (69,000 tons) by USS Archerfish
• Most destroyers sunk: USS Harder — 5 destroyers
• Only ground attack on Japan: USS Barb — destroyed a train!

💀 SUBMARINE WAR STATISTICS:
• US submarines in Pacific: 252
• US submarines lost: 52 (20.6%)
• US submariners killed: 3,500
• Japanese ships sunk: 1,314
• Japanese tonnage destroyed: 5.5+ million tons
• Percentage of Japanese shipping sunk by subs: 55%

⚓ LEGENDARY KILLS:
• Shinano — Largest carrier ever (69,000 tons) — by Archerfish
• Taiyo — Escort carrier — by Rasher
• 5 Destroyers — by Harder alone
• Countless tankers that starved Japan of oil

📚 SOURCES:
• Naval History and Heritage Command
• US Submarine Veterans WWII records
• Clay Blair "Silent Victory"
• Theodore Roscoe "United States Submarine Operations in World War II"
• JANAC (Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee) records

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