USS Flier - Wikipedia
USS Flier (SS-250) was a Gato -class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier. [7] Flier ′s keel was laid down 30 October 1942 by Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. A. S. Pierce, and commissioned on 18 October 1943. [7]
TO SINK AND SWIM: THE USS FLIER - NSL Archive
At least 15 men of her 86 man crew now found themselves in the water without life jackets and far from land and facing a swim for their lives. USS FLIER was a Gato class fleet submarine commissioned at Electric Boat, New London, Connecticut, in October 1943.
The Loss of USS FLIER (SS-250) - Submarine Force Library ...
2014年8月14日 · On 11 July 1943, USS FLIER (SS-250) slid into the Thames River in Groton, CT. Built by Electric Boat Company, the vessel was 311 feet long and 27 feet in diameter; she displaced just over 2,400 tons submerged.
USS Flier (SS-250) - submarinememorial.org
USS Flier (SS-250) Compiled by Paul W. Wittmer and Charles R. Hinman, originally from: U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE FLIER, commanded by Cdr. J. D. Crowley, left Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 …
Flier (SS 250) - NHHC
This unit made its communication facilities available to the group, and arrangements were made for evacuation by submarine. On the night of 30 August the survivors from Flier embarked in two...
Family of U.S.S. Flier explosion in WWII thrilled about ...
2010年2月9日 · In less than a minute, the U.S.S. Flier was gone after striking a mine; only 14 of its 86-member crew made it into the water. Jacobson and seven others would be the only ones to make it to...
Eight survived : the harrowing story of the USS Flier and the ...
The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in WWII. On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface.
USS Flier (SS-250) – USS Macaw
The USS Flier (SS-250), the submarine that fatefully crossed paths with the Macaw at Midway in January 1944, is the subject of three books—The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine by Michael Sturma; Eight Survived by Douglas A. …
Eight Survived. The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier (SS-250 ...
On the night of August 13, 1944, the submarine USS Flier (SS-250) was on the surface in the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines with the boat suddenly struck a mine. The 300-foot sub sank in just 30 seconds—all but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel.
The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine ...
On Sunday night, 13 August 1944, the submarine was speeding on the surface through the treacherous waters of Balabac Strait between Borneo and the Philippine island of Palawan. At 10:00 p.m. an explosion came without warning.