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Title
USS Halibut
Subject
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Description
LCDR Joseph G. Galligan USN served in WWII in Panama and the Pacific, and later in the Navy Reserves, where he earned the rank of Commander. He was a communications officer on the destroyer USS Tattnall, then attended submarine school and became the navigator of the submarine USS Halibut. He earned a bronze star for getting the Halibut back to port by celestial navigation after heavy damage. He later raised a family and practiced law in Canton, and was alternate Town Moderator from 1948-1970, serving as Director of the Canton Cooperative Bank. He was a founder of Canton Little League and a Director of Canton Youth Hockey, as well as a member of the Canton Historical Society and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Creator
Canton Remembers Project
Source
Take her deep! : a submarine against Japan in World War II / I. J. Galantin
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date
1944
Contributor
Marianne Herlihy
Rights
No known restrictions. Published in Take her deep! : a submarine against Japan in World War II / I. J. Galantin
Relation
Take her deep! : a submarine against Japan in World War II / I. J. Galantin
Format
TIF
Language
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Type
Scanned image from a book
Identifier
2200.2.tif
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