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Interview with Francis W. Scanland, Jr., Bennie Compton and Paul Murdock, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1988

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The USS Hawkbill (SS 366) submarine was launched by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company on January 9, 1944 and commissioned May 17, 1944, with Lieutenant Commander F. Worth Scanland, Jr., in command. In this oral history interview, Captain Scanland and two members of the Hawkbill's commissioning crew, Bennie Compton and Paul Murdock, describe trainin... Manitowoc (Wis.)Manitowoc (Wis.);Panama Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Australia;Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands);Mindoro Strait (Philippines);South China Sea;Makasar Strait (Indonesia);Karimata Strait (Indonesia);Subic Bay (Philippines);Gulf of Siam;Borneo;San Francisco (Calif.)
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1988-08-26
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Digital Public Library of America
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