USS Gudgeon (SS-211) - Hackensack, NJ
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N 40° 52.823 W 074° 02.401
18T E 580882 N 4525922
This Memorial is located at the New Jersey Naval Museum- 78 River St. in Hackensack, NJ.
Waymark Code: WMAXR8
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/08/2011
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Located on a short pedestal near a flagpole and displayed torpedo, this Memorial is set amongst others. This plaque reads:
"USS GUDGEON (SS-221)
COMMISSIONED NOVEMBER 22, 1939
U.S. NAVY YARD MARE ISLAND, CALIF.
OVER DUE - LOST MAY 1944
IN MEMORY OF 78 OFFICERS AND MEN
BY SINKING A JAOANESE SUBMARINE ON JANUARY 27, 1942
SHE BECAME THE FIRST U.S. SUBMARINE IN HISTORY
TO SINK AN ENEMY COMBATANT SHIP
SANK 25 SHIPS 166,900 TONS
DAMAGED 8 SHIPS 41,900 TONS
AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
FOR THE FIRST EIGHT PATROLS
LOST ON HER TWELFTH WAR PATROL
N.J. CHAPTER - U.S. SUBMARINE VETERANS WORLD WAR II"
A separate adjacent plaque has displays the names of those who died on the Gudgeon.
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