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1. Which American submarine sank the most tonnage according to Japanese records?
2. The USS Archerfish holds the record for sinking the largest ship sunk by a submarine. Which ship did the Archerfish sink to hold this record?
3. Which submarine has credit to destroying a Japanese train on their battle flag?
4. Which submarine was renamed the Sailfish after it was raised when it was sunk due to mechanical failure in a test dive?
5. The submarine Squalus sank due to mechanical failure in a test dive in 1939. Which submarine (hint: her sister ship) participated in the rescue effort of the Squalus?
6. The only known usage of the Momsen Lung, an underwater re-breathing apparatus, was when 13 submariners tried to escape from a bottomed submarine. Which submarine where these men escaping from?
7. The famous USS Tang was sunk. What was the cause of her sinking?
8. Which submarine was launched July of 1943, participated in a rescue operation with the Barb, Queenfish, and Sealion, rescuing British and American PoWs from a sunken ship, and is now a museum ship in San Francisco?
9. This submarine has the most battle stars of any US Navy submarine, with 15 battle stars to her credit. An infamous nuclear submarine later bore the same name. Which submarine is this?
10. Which was the last US submarine lost in World War II?
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