Lost on 25 OCT 1944 with the loss of 78 officers and men in the Formosa Strait.
USS TANG was on her fifth war patrol. She ranks second in the number of ships sunk and fourth in tonnage, and had won two Presidential Unit Citations.
During a daring night surface attack, USS TANG was lost to one of her own torpedoes. Her last shot broached and curved to the left in a circular run. She fishtailed to clear the turning circle of the torpedo, but it struck her abreast the after torpedo room approximately 20 seconds after it was fired.
USS TANG sank by the stern.
Nine of the crew survived and were taken prisoner, including CO CDR O'Kane, the bridge crew, and five who had gained the surface from her final resting place 180 feet below. All survived the war, and CDR O'Kane was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.