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As Commanding Officer of BARB, Real Admiral Fluckey established himself as one of the greatest submarine skippers, credited with the most tonnage sunk by a U.S. Skipper during World War II; seventeen ships including a carrier, raider-cruiser, and frigate. He received four Navy Cross Medals for extraordinary heroism during the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Twelfth War Patrols of USS BARB. During his famous Eleventh War Patrol, he continued to revolutionize submarine warfare, innovating the night convoy attack from astern by joining the flank escort line. Two convoys at anchor twenty-six miles inside the twenty fathom curve on the China coast, totaling more than thirty ships, were attacked. With two frigates pursuing, BARB set a world speed record for a submarine of 23.5 knots using 150% overload. For his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, Rear Admiral Fluckey received the Congressional Medal of Honor. BARB received the Presidential Unit Citation for the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh War Patrols and the Navy Unit Commendation for the Twelfth War Patrol.
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