USS Los Angeles embarks with a piece of submarine history

[snopes]

Card games were a favorite form of entertainment for submariners while on deployment during World War II and cribbage was a popular game on USS Wahoo (SS-238) with Executive Officer O’Kane and his Commanding Officer, World War II legend Dudley “Mush” Morton.

Cribbage lore among submariners is that while patrolling in the shallow waters of the Yellow Sea during its fourth war patrol, Morton dealt O’Kane a perfect 29, the highest possible score for combinations in a single cribbage deal. The crew felt that it was a lucky omen and Wahoo sank two Japanese freighters that night.

Three days later, while patrolling off the Korean coast south of Chinnampo, Morton dealt a 28-point hand to O’Kane. They sank two freighters that day and another one the following day.

http://www.csp.navy.mil/news/rel070511.html

[NovaSS]

Not always true. I was aboard the SSN 575 during the 80s, at that time it was the oldest active submarine in the fleet and it never received the board, maybe thats why it had so much bad luck.

[CR816]

We didn't have the cribbage board when I was on the 'Wolf either. She only had slightly better luck in the seventies too.

[ET1 (SS)]

Originally Posted by snopes

http://www.csp.navy.mil/news/rel070511.html

Cribbage is a very popular game on subs.

[S.P.E.C.T.R.E.]

As a Surface Warfare Officer testing submarines, I tried to learn cribbage. The young submariner LT who tried to teach me was not successful, and it became a bit of a running gag in the wardrooms of the boats I was riding.