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Swordfish First Undersea Strike Against Japanese Forces
Pearl Harbor reports Lt. Cmdr. Chester C. Smith of Bisbee Arizona led the submarine Swordfish in the Pacific patrols that sank the first Japanese ship in the war. The mission included the first depth charging and the first submerged approach in combat.
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