On this day in 1943, USS Argonaut was sunk with her crew of 102—the worst loss of life on a US sub during wartime. Argonaut was the largest non-nuclear sub built by the Navy. Prior to their final patrol, the crew donated the bell that is now in the Submarine Memorial Chapel in Hawaii.

 

 

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