Manitowoc Submarines

Manitowoc Submarines (HM7SK)

Location: Manitowoc, WI 54220 Manitowoc County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 5.568', W 87° 39.379'

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At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called upon America to rearm. Increasing the number of submarines became a goal. Because existing shipbuilders could not meet production schedules, the U.S. Navy approached Charles C. West, president of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, and requested that his firm build submarines.

Government contracts led to the expansion and modernization of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company facilities. Workers and engineers rapidly developed innovative contruction methods, including side-launching of submarines. Ultimately, the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company employed some 7,000 workers in three shifts, seven days a week.

U.S.S. Peto, launched in 1942, became the first of twenty-eight fleet submarines built at Manitowoc. The submarines were towed to New Orleans via the Illinois-Mississippi Waterway using a special floating dry dock. U.S.S. Rasher, a Manitowoc submarine, sank 99,901 tons of Japanese shipping, the second highest total for an American submarine. Four Manitowoc submarines, Golet, Kete, Lagato, and Robalo, along with 336 officers and enlisted men were lost during the war.
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HM NumberHM7SK
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number285
Year Placed1989
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 1:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 447462 N 4882389
Decimal Degrees44.09280000, -87.65631667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 5.568', W 87° 39.379'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 5' 34.08" N, 87° 39' 22.74" W
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Area Code(s)920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 826 Mariners Trail, Manitowoc WI 54220, US
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