Dr. Robert Shoss holds a fact sheet on the U.S. Navy WWII submarine USS Paddle on Oct. 21 at Dr. Shoss ... “Eighty-two of us ...

The Sealion would become the only submarine to sink a military ship in World War II, he said. The war ended while the Sealion was in Guam. The submarine then made its way to San Francisco for repairs.

Hayes soon learned about the many crewmen who built seven submarines on Mare Island that were eventually lost during World ...