U.S.S. SILVERSIDES

Naval Reserve Center, Fulton and Bluff Sts., Muskegon, Michigan. County/parish: Muskegon.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 18, 1972. NRIS 72000453.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • S.S.236

From Wikipedia:

USS Silversides (SS-236)

USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides.

Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings, totalling more than 90,000 long tons (91,444 t) of shipping. She received a Presidential Unit Citation for cumulative action over four patrols, and twelve battle stars. She presently serves as a museum ship in Muskegon, Michigan, and is a National Historic Landmark.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340177

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