U.S. Submarine Veterans WWII - Veterans Park - Albuquerque NM
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The US Submarine Veterans WWII Memrial is located in the Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque New Mexico
Waymark Code: WM2NBT
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2007
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A portion of The Memorial Reads:
To remember and show appreciation to all U.S. submariners and support personnel during World War II and honor the sevn Captains who received Medal of Honor. Submariners comprised only 1.6 percent of U.S. Navy personnel yet they destroyed about 55 percent of the Japanese fleet, more than all other services combined. wo Hundred and Forty-seven submarines spent 70,838 days in the war zone and completed 1,682 patrols. They accounted for the destruction of almost six million tons of Jaapenese Fleet including:
1 battleship 14 cruisers 22 submarines 8 aircraft carriers 47 destroyers 1299 support ships
Date of Dedication: 04/11/2006
Property Permission: Public
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM USA
87198
Commemoration: U.S. Submariners and support personell during WWII
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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