2/21/2024 0 Comments Navy captain o'connell world war 2February 1943 O'Kane with airmen rescued off Truk Island in May 1944 World War II O'Kane (left) speaks with his commanding officer, Dudley Morton, on the bridge of the Wahoo c. O'Kane qualified for submarines aboard Argonaut in 1938 and remained aboard until her overhaul at Mare Island in 1942. He received submarine instruction in 1938 and was then assigned to the USS Argonaut. O'Kane spent his first years of active duty on the heavy cruiser USS Chester and destroyer USS Pruitt. O'Kane graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1930 and the United States Naval Academy in May 1934, upon which he was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy. He was the youngest of four children of University of New Hampshire entomology professor Walter Collins O'Kane, of Irish ancestry, and his wife, Clifford Hetherington. O'Kane was born in Dover, New Hampshire, on February 2, 1911. In his ten combat patrols, five in Wahoo and five commanding Tang, O'Kane participated in more successful attacks on Japanese shipping than any other submarine officer during the war. Before commanding Tang, O'Kane served in the highly successful USS Wahoo as executive officer and approach officer under noted Commander Dudley "Mush" Morton. He also received three Navy Crosses and three Silver Stars, for a total of seven awards of the United States military's three highest decorations for valor in combat. Richard Hetherington O'Kane (Febru– February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding USS Tang in the Pacific War against Japan to the most successful record of any United States submarine ever.
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