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USS Puffer launched on Nov. 22, 1942, and on Oct. 9, 1943, during its maiden voyage, encountered an escort destroyer leading a large tanker.

Veteran Joseph Shuman, who served in the Navy from 1977 to 1983 and worked aboard a nuclear-powered attack submarine for nearly 3 years.