Ships
- USS Herring (SS-233) Captain, 6 February 1944 – 1 June 1944 · Lost with her
David Zabriskie, Jr., was born in Hollywood on 30 August 1912. He came out of the Naval Academy in 1936. He was a lieutenant commander when he took Herring on 6 February 1944.
On 24 March 1944 she stalked a large carrier, was detected, and was driven deep before she could attack. Her eighth patrol left Pearl Harbor on 16 May. She topped off at Midway on 21 May and met Barb on 31 May, about 150 miles west of Matsuwa. That night she sank the escort Ishigaki, which had sunk S-44, and the army cargo ship Hokuyo Maru. The next morning she sank Hiburi Maru and Iwaki Maru at anchor off the island. Shore batteries hit her conning tower twice, about two kilometers south of Point Tagan. He was lost with her. He was 31.
A Silver Star had been awarded for six earlier patrols, when he was navigator, diving officer, and on the approach, before he had the boat. After his death a Gold Star in lieu of a second Silver Star was awarded for the eighth patrol. The order is Commander in Chief, Pacific, serial 07500, of 12 December 1944.