Commissioned Month Before WWII
Mrs. Wilson Brown, the wife of Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, the United States Naval Academy’s Superintendent, was the sponsor of the launch of the Grayback, which took place on January 31, 1941. It was only five months later that America was dragged into World War II, when the submarine was commissioned into the United States Navy under the leadership of Lieutenant Willard A. Saunders. In other words, she was put into the thick of things pretty instantly.
Commissioned Month Before WWII
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