Manitowoc-built sub sinks 4 Japanese ships

Creator

Manitowoc Herald-Times (Manitowoc, Wis.)

Date

• August 28, 1943

Publisher

Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Manitowoc Herald-Times

Summary

• The front page of the August 28, 1943 Manitowoc Herald-Times announces that a submarine built in Manitowoc had sunk four Japanese ships. This was the first published news about the success of any Manitowoc submarine in combat. Earlier in the day, a hand-written "flash" notice had been posted at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, where the submarine had been built. Although official news dispatches did not specifically identify the submarine in the story, local officials confidently speculated that it was the "Pogy," the second of twenty-eight submarines that would be constructed in Manitowoc during World War II. The Pogy had left Manitowoc on February 1, 1943 for service in the Pacific under the Command of G. H. Wales, who is quoted in the news accounts as saying "he wanted the welders and shipfitters in the Manitowoc yards to know that the submarines they built—the first undersea craft ever built on fresh water—are sinking Japanese ships."