When she comes down those stairs, she is seeing a hazy light out of the corner of her eye in this general, area of the hammocks. She was launched on September 6, 1944, and was placed in commission on December 16, 1944. The USS Torsk SS-423 is docked at the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is one of two Tench Class submarines still located inside the United States. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name . Additionally, the Torsk participates in educational and overnight programs for all ages. Long boring days sitting on station and terrifying nights in storms made for challenging duty that took a very special person to fulfill. Draft: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum It seems like this piece of American naval history still has a few ghostly tales to tell. The men, assisted by the Coast Guardsmen, erected buildings and laid the foundations for future signal towers. And, it was considered for a brief time the full flagship, and for the fest of the war the vice flagship for the Atlantic Fleet. The military benefits which accrued to the United States by its expansion onto some of the more strategic bits of land in the broad Pacific were not lost upon President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who undertook, in the late 1930s, to annex territory in the Pacific. Officers not aboard were ordered to return and the ship readied to get underway. After departing Vietnamese waters, she arrived at Alameda in February 1970. Where's Marty? She is an incredible sight to see tied up to Pier One in Baltimore Harbor - the USS Constellation. USS Torsk (SS 423) Crew List. Lewellen) ended her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor. Designation: Built in 1944, the USS Torsk is a fleet-style submarine designed specifically for World War II. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962, she patrolled in support of the blockade of that Caribbean island. On 16 February, the submarine arrived at Port Everglades, Florida, where she provided services for antisubmarine research. [3][4], The submarine was armed with ten 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes, six of which were in the bow, with the other four located in her stern. Torsk (SS-423) (AGSS-423) (IXSS-423) (AGSS-423) in May 1968; Reclassified Miscellaneous Submarine (IXSS-423) in June 1971; Placed out of service and simultaneously struck for the Naval Register, 15 December 1971; Final Disposition, turned over to the state of Maryland to be used as a museum in the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, 26 September 1972. From 28 March to 18 and 9 April to 30 May 1971 she served on Ocean Station Victor. Visit USS Torsk. In the New Zealand bush, Ive heard a strange whooping sound. [3] In 2020, Historic Ships in Baltimore and the Living Classrooms Foundation announced that they will remove the name Taney from the ship, in recognition of her namesake's historical acts of racial injustice, instead identifying her as simply WHEC-37. 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988. For her service, the government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) awarded Taney the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm and the Vietnam Civil Actions Medal with palm. She again served on Ocean Station November from January to February, June to July, and October to November 1957 and from February to March and August 1958. The latter of read more Harbors, Sea - Military - Submarines Links: www.hnsa.org While there, she patrolled for American air crews that had to bail out from damaged aircraft during their raids on Japan, but no aircraft went down in the area that day. Complement: 10 officers, 71 enlisted Her final assignment to Ocean Station November was from 19 January to 9 February 1969. USS Torsk (Cdr. [6], At around 12:00, a second Kaibkan arrived in the area to hunt for Torsk; the latter fired a second Mark 28 torpedo and then dove deep to evade any depth charge attacks. There, her duties included services to aircraft and surface ships to help them hone their skills in antisubmarine warfare. How many times you can access to a submarine. Supposedly she has some ghostly sailors who are still aboard. As the freighter entered the harbor half an hour later, Torsk attempted to sink her but was unsuccessful, possibly because the torpedoes struck undetected reefs near the mouth of the harbor.Around noon, another frigate appeared, apparently a reinforcement which had been called in. Additionally, she earned the Navy Commendation Medal for participating in the Cuban Blockade. General characteristics Someone said rum. She operated there until 1971, and on 15 December she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. "Youre getting electronic voice phenomenonin its purest form so youre not using, a microphone and yet you are getting EVPs.. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 3045 days without support and Taney was then re-classified as WHEC-37. Taney performed these supply missions into 1940. USS Torsk is a fleet-type submarine of the Tench class. is coming down to turn on the electrical room over there to wake up the scouts in the morning. [4], The month of January, 1980, was an unusually busy month for the crew of the Taney. www.hnsa.org/hnsa-ships/uss-torsk-ss-423/, Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.0.0 Safari/537.36. While the team monitored their machines - one investigator possible saw a ghostly sailor. Traversing the boat from stern to bow, visitors have the opportunity to view the torpedo rooms, the navigation station, the operation station, the engine room, the crews mess and crew berthing areas. Some 35 minutes after sunset on 20 April 1944, however, the convoy was spotted and tracked by the Germans, who launched a three-pronged attack with Junkers Ju 88 and Heinkel He 111 medium bombers. If you are interested in donating an an object, photograph, or document related to one of the sites that the Historic Ships operates, we would love to hear from you. Air contacts were few in this period, and the submarine found no opportunity to conduct rescue operations. These activities took the boat as far north as Halifax, Nova Scotia and as far south as Havana, Cuba. The submarine fired six torpedoeswhich the small vessel avoided by maneuveringand then dove and rigged for depth charges which did not materialize. They even offer over-night visits, which bring to life this incredible piece of US history. She served in the blockade of the Cuban missile crisis. USS Torsk (Baltimore) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go. The Torsk was underwater for long stretches of time and space was limited. Taney operated locally out of Honolulu into 1943 before sailing for Boston late that winter. Prior to heading for the east coast, the ship received a re-gunning at Mare Island, being fitted with four single-mount 5-inch guns, making her the only ship in her class with this modification. Built near the end of WW2 she served the Navy with distinction for years, decades. The team encountereda possible shadow figure and we heard voices from the dead. She spent the first two days of August at Guam and set her course for the Sea of Japan.She passed through the minefields of Tsushima Strait on 10 August and, on the morning of 11 August, rescued seven Japanese merchant seamen who had survived the sinking of the Koue Maru some four days before. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in December 1971 and turned over to the state of Maryland for use as a museum ship. The history behind the Torsk is great and having the chance to be inside is an honor. She very promptly ran, up to the top deck and did not see anything else. The weather patrols (later termed "ocean station patrols") consisted of sailing for three weeks on assigned stations in the Pacific, and each cutter assigned performed four or five such patrols each year. She also conducted dedicated law enforcement and search and rescue patrols, or stood on search and rescue standby, when she was not on ocean station duty. It is nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast." In 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan, sinking one cargo vessel and two coastal defense frigates. Then, Captain Henry Thatcher took over the helm of the Constellation. Speed: 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced Torsk was laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in June 1944, was launched in September that year, and commissioned in December. Over eighty sailors lived aboard Torsk at particular times. For one admission you can tour the Constellation, The USCG Cutter 37 which was a hero at Pearl Harbor, The Lightship Chesapeake, and of course "The Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast", the Torsk. [4], After returning to U.S. waters, she once again began serving on ocean stations. On 31 August, what was thought to be a torpedo wake was sighted, an indicator that not everyone had heard the news of the wars ending..The submarine set her course for the Mariana Islands on 1 September, passed through Tsushima Straits on 3 September, and arrived at Guam on 9 September, successfully completing her second war patrol. The Taney played a role in their colonization by the United States. She was then ordered for duty with Coast Guard Squadron Three which was supporting the Navy's Operation Market Time patrols off the coast of Vietnam. She served again on Ocean Station November in January and then from May to June 1961. What did you like to drink? During Fleet Week if you come down to the Inner Harbor, or anytime you are looking for something to do I VERY MUCH suggest going aboard. Upon review of the video, the voice is nearly mechanical in sounded but it does indeed sound like my name being spoken. Join XPLR CLUB: http://xplrclub.com/Sam and Colby take fans to explore the most haunted military ghost ship, the USS Hornet, in the USA! Over the past few years, the UC team has grown to add Michael Chinn as Lead Investigator and Researcher in addition, Written by: Jim Birchall Case Filed: 6/11/22 Executive Producer: Rick Garner Sasquatch, Yeti, Yeren, Yowie, and Swamp Apeall names which essentially identify a legendary cryptid known across the world - Bigfoot. Later in 1952, from November to December, she served on Ocean Station Nan. The Torsk is part of the Historic Ships of Baltimore . She was, in fact, one of the few ships which stayed at her berth during the storm, her ground tackle holding well in the sticky clay bottom. USS Torsk (SS-423) was built by the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I had felt a vibration of the decklike there were footsteps right next to us. Commander Lewellen then initiated deep submergence procedures and ordered the crew to rig for silent running. 28 torpedoes See and feel just how the submariners lived and fought; school groups can arrange for overnights to see what it was like to sleep in a narrow bunk in windowless space and to think about the dedication of the warriors who did so at the risk of their lives. Sadly, the sailors of the Torsk also had to deal with a tragedy. U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. To find out if this grand old ship was really haunted - the Unexplained Cases team joined forces with the Maryland Paranormal Research group to search out sailors who are now spirits - haunting the Constellation. Some of it seems to respond to me. I journey into the New Zealnd bush with paranormal investigator Marc Coppell. Their volume balances the dynamic range in between. She arrived there on 13 May and, for two days, attempted to contact other members of the wolf pack, Lewellens Looters. On 16 May, she made rendezvous with submarines Sand Lance (SS-381) and Cero (SS-225). With the work completed in early January 1945, Taney departed Boston on 19 January 1945, bound for Norfolk, Virginia. A unique honor occurred on 27 April 1960 when Taney, as the senior U.S. ship present, hosted French President Charles de Gaulle on his tour of San Francisco Bay. The submarine was also used for Navy Reserve training cruises. She disembarked four Hawaiians at Enderbury Island on 6 March 1938 and landed a second contingentof seven colonistsat Canton Island on the next day. That was her big service when she was still really in active service.. Rum." So, we run overnights with Boy Scouts on the weekend and we wake them up around 6 AM. From 2 September 1972 to 23 September 1972 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. In 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan, sinking one cargo vessel and two coastal defense frigates. You still put her to use in blockade squadrons for the first few years of her life. One of the hammocks that didnt currently have anyone, sleeping in it. Her keel was laid down on 7 June 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. The vessel was decommissioned on 4 March 1968, after nearly twenty years of service. This seemed to be an intelligent haunting - as the spirits answered our questions. Gain access to many intriguing areas, including the torpedo room, while aboard this United States Navy tench-class submarine in Baltimore. While surfaced, she had a cruising radius of 11,000 nautical miles (20,000km) at a speed of 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). It was in service from 1944 to 1968. Suicide air attacks by the Japanese continued throughout June 1945, although most were intercepted by combat air patrol (CAP) fighters and downed before they could reach their targets. The Mummers Parade is held every New Year's Day in Philadelphia. Laid down: 7 June 1944 Mark has done extensive research and interviewed over two dozen witnesses in New Zealand who have had their own sightings and strange encounters with this cryptid. Endurance: 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged A response is heard. Torsk paused briefly at Guam en route to an area off Kii Suido which she reached on 11 May and began lifeguard duty. Deployed to the Pacific in 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan sinking one cargo vessel, and two coastal defense frigates. Team leader Hiram Henderson explains the science behind the audio evidence we hoped to gather. On 12 November 1966 Taney was relieved again by Winnebago and she then steamed to Midway Island to refuel before heading back to Alameda, arriving there on 20 November. He saw it passyou see how the shine is on the floor in there? [5][6], Treasury-class Roger B. Taney, Coast Guard Builders No. During one raid, her antiaircraft gunners achieved at least three hits on a Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber which crossed the ship's bow 1,200 yards (1,100m) away, and later during her first day at Okinawa experienced four more "red alerts". 68, was laid on 1 May 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. [4], Two such places were Kanton and Enderbury Islands. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for search and rescue emergencies. WPG/WAGC/WHEC-37, originally called USCGC Taney (/tni/), is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter notable as the last warship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Hence, Ocean Station Hotel was closed down in 1977 and the Taney gained the distinction of being the last Coast Guard cutter to serve on an ocean station. 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