Lucky Fluckey USS Barb WWII Design - Motivational Graphic Tee

Eugene Bennett Fluckey, nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II.  He became the seventh commander of the USS Barb (SS-220) in January 1944 to August 1945.  Fluckey established himself as one of the greatest submarine skippers, credited with the second most tonnage sunk by a U.S. Naval skipper during World War II (after Richard O'Kane) at 179,700 tons--25 ships including a carrier, cruiser, and frigate.

In one of the more unusual incidents in the war, Fluckey sent a landing party ashore to set demolition charges on a coastal railway line on Sakhalin Island, destroying a 16-car train.  This was the sole landing by U.S. military forces on the Japanese home islands during World War II.  He invented the night convoy attack from astern by joining the flank escort line. When pursued by two frigates, Barb set a then-world speed record for a submarine of 23.5 knots using 150% overload. For his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, Fluckey received the Medal of Honor.  Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation for the eighth through eleventh patrols and the Navy Unit Commendation for the twelfth patrol.

Honor the legacy of "Lucky Flucky" and the intrepid crew of Barb with this homage tee.