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The USS Croaker helped win World War II, sinking 11 enemy ships. But unlike its contemporaries, immortalized by their Pacific adventures, this submarine was defined by what happened to it later. In Croaker’s biggest battles, it didn’t launch torpedoes but was a bystander to clashes over its fate as a museum ship.
Editor's note: This story was drawn mostly from the files of the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton and the archives of The Day. On a crisp December day in 1987, a decaying submarine wa...
Rose Scheetz celebrated by City of Groton Rose Scheetz takes in the accolades during a drive-by parade honoring her 100th birthday on March 25 in Groton. (photo submitted) Published April 06. 2021 7:54AM Aidan Schuler, Special to The Times On March 25, 1921, Warren G. Harding was president of the United States and the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote had been ratified just seven months prior. This also was the day that Rose Scheetz was born in Lowber, Pennsylvania, and the day a century later that Groton honored one of its own: a businesswoman, mother and civic leader. As Capta...