USS Flasher
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USS Flasher (SS-249) was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific during World War II. She received the Presidential Unit Citation and six battle stars, and sank 21 ships for a total of 100,231 tons of Japanese shipping, making her one of the most successful American submarines of the War. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher.
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speed 20.25 knot,
General Dynamics Electric Boat, United States Navy, 
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Location: 41.3626, -72.0835, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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DSV Turtle ⓘ
US Navy manned deep-ocean research submersible -
Shippingport ⓘ
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USS Bass ⓘ
1924 V-boat -
USS Flasher ⓘ
1943 Gato-class submarine -
USS Nautilus ⓘ
world's first nuclear-powered submarine -
USS X-1 ⓘ
midget submarine
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ship decommissioning
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USS Flasher;0824901
USS Flasher;0824909
USS Flasher;0824904
USS Flasher Conning Tower
National Submarine Memorial, Groton, CT| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1781 | Battle of Groton Heights | United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1839 | La Amistad slave revolt | slave rebellion, Joseph Cinqué | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | DSV Turtle | deep-submergence vehicle | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Shippingport | auxiliary repair dock | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Bass | fleet submarine, V-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Flasher | Gato-class submarine, attack submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Nautilus | nuclear submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS X-1 | midget submarine | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1899 | General Dynamics Electric Boat | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Griswold | protected area, artillery fort, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Trumbull | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Tyler | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1897 | Fort Michie | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1897 | Fort Terry | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1898 | Fort H. G. Wright | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1901 | Fort Mansfield | artillery fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1942 | Oak's Inn Military Reservation | fort | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | USS G-2 | sunken vessel, submarine, G-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | USS Flasher;0824901 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Flasher;0824909 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Flasher;0824904 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Flasher Conning Tower | Commons | ||
| commons | image | National Submarine Memorial, Groton, CT | Commons | ||
