Oral History Interview with Ralph Emerson Styles, September 1, 2001

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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral history with Ralph Styles. After two years of college, Styles entered the Naval Academy in 1930. When he graduated in 1933, he was sent aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2) for two years. After that, he was attached to the staff of the Commander, Aircraft Battle force in San Diego as a communications officer in 1935. In 1937, Styles entered submarine school. Upon completion, he boarded the USS Narwhal (SS-167) stationed at Hawaii. He served aboard the Narwhal from 1938 to 1942. He had just returned to Pearl Harbor when the … continued below

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Styles, Ralph Emerson September 1, 2001.

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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral history with Ralph Styles. After two years of college, Styles entered the Naval Academy in 1930. When he graduated in 1933, he was sent aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2) for two years. After that, he was attached to the staff of the Commander, Aircraft Battle force in San Diego as a communications officer in 1935. In 1937, Styles entered submarine school. Upon completion, he boarded the USS Narwhal (SS-167) stationed at Hawaii. He served aboard the Narwhal from 1938 to 1942. He had just returned to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. After the Battle of Midway, Styles was placed in command of the USS S-20, another submarine. He did much training aboard the vessel before becoming the commanding officer of the USS Sea Devil (SS-400) in January 1944. On their first war patrol, they sank a Japanese submarine. Their second war patrol took them into the Yellow Sea. They torpedoed the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyo in December, 1944. On the third war patrol, Styles sank several merchant vessels, picked up a few prisoners out of the water and rescued some Marine aviators from the USS Essex (CV-9). He received two Navy Crosses during the war. He became somewhat ill and left the Sea Devil. He was in San Diego when the war ended. After the war, Styles taught at the Naval War College for a while. He also commanded various submarine divisions and flotillas, was the CO aboard the USS Nereus (AS-17) and retired in 1962.

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Styles, Ralph Emerson. Oral History Interview with Ralph Emerson Styles, September 1, 2001, text, September 1, 2001; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1613126/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

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