USS Barb Submarine
by John Wills
Title
USS Barb Submarine
Artist
John Wills
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Digital Art - Digital Artworks
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In this scene I'm showing the USS Barb on patrol off the coast of Scotland sometime in 1943. In the distance a German scout plan, a Feiseler Storch, is about to have a bad day as Hawker Hurricanes close in trying to stop any reports of the sub's position and to destroy any recon photos it may have taken.
USS Barb was the first ship of the US Navy to be named for the Barbus, a genus of ray-finned fish. She compiled one of the most outstanding records of any U.S. submarine in WW2. During her seven war patrols, Barb is officially credited with sinking 17 enemy vessels totaling 96,628 tons, including the Japanese aircraft carry Un'yo. In recognition of one outstanding patrol, Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation. On her twelfth and final patrol of the war, she landed a party of carefully selected crew members who blew up a train, the only ground combat operation in the Japanese home islands.
During her first patrol she carried out reconnaissance duties prior to, and during, the invasion of Africa. Operating out of Roseneath naval base, Scotland until July 1943, she conducted her next four patrols against the Axis blockade runners in European waters. Barb's fifth patrol terminated 1 July and she proceeded to the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, arriving on 24 July.
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March 8th, 2021
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