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Galantin, Ignatius Joseph (Pete or Iggy), ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Des Plaines, Illinois
Last Address 1 Fleet Landing Blvd Atlantic Beach FL 32233-4599
Date of Passing Jul 08, 2004
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2023
Personal Memories
Memories 20 Aug, 1943 USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Midway for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off north-east Honshu in Japanese home waters.
30 Aug, 1943 USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Taibun Maru (6581 GRT) off north-east Honshu, Japan in position 41º50'N, 141º13'E. (see map)
6 Sep, 1943 USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Shogen Maru off the south coast off Hokkaido in position 42º13'N, 142º00'E. Later this day she hit hits the Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi (offsite link) with one dud torpedo off the north-east coast of Honshu in position 40º07'N, 142º20'E. (see map)
16 Sep, 1943 USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 6th war patrol at Pearl Harbour.
