The US Navy's long coming announcement on allowing women to serve on US subs beginning in Dec 2011 got me to thinking. Is there any account of a woman serving on any sub(s) in WWII (excluding rescue missions, etc.) Women to begin serving on U.S. submarines – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs A corollary question, do women serve presently in the Navy on any other country's underwater warships?
To my knowledge, no women served on board combat vessels of the US Navy in WW2. Women on submarines form wiki Submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The closest a woman got to serving on a combat vessel, before being "officially sanctioned" by the US government was the USS Arizona in the 20's Howard William West – USS Arizona Log Book 1924-1925 | Family History and see here for more info. Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders - Military History and here http://books.google.com/books?id=RB...&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
