O'Kane USS Tang WWII Design - Motivational Graphic Tee

Richard Hetherington O'Kane was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding USS Tang in the Pacific War against Imperial Japan to the most successful record of any United States submarine ever. He received three Navy Crosses and three Silver Stars, for a total of seven awards of the United States military's three highest decorations for valor in combat.

He placed USS Tang in commission in October 1943 and commanded her for her entire career. He was an innovator, developing several operational tactics that markedly increased his ship's effectiveness. O'Kane was captured by the Japanese in 1944 when Tang was sunk in the Formosa Strait by her own flawed torpedo. O'Kane lost all but eight members of his crew, and was a POW for the remainder of the war.

Honor the legacy of Richard O'Kane and the crew of the USS Tang with this great shirt.