Climb aboard the USS Silversides, a World War II submarine that sank 23 enemy vessels and earned 12 battle stars

The USS Silversides submarine.

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• The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships and earned 12 battle stars during World War II.
• Visitors can tour the vessel at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon, Michigan.
• The submarine was the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters in 1942.

Christmas Eve, 1942. The USS Silversides, a US Navy submarine, is surrounded by Japanese warships on a covert patrol in enemy-controlled waters.