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Dolphin was the penultimate design in the V-boat series. With a length of 319 ft (97 m) and a displacement only a little more than half that of the previous three large cruiser submarines (1,718 long tons (1,746 t) surfaced, 2,240 long tons (2,276 t) submerged), Dolphin was clearly an attempt to strike a medium between those latter submarines and earlier S-class submarines, which were little ...
Raised, repaired and re-commissioned as USS Sailfish on 15 May 1940. Sank Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō 3 Dec 1943 which was carrying survivors of Sculpin (SS-191). SS-193 Swordfish: Sunk by Japanese ships 12 Jan 1945. SS-194 Seadragon: SS-195 Sealion: Destroyed by Japanese aircraft 10 Dec 1941. First US submarine lost in World War II. SS ...
USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) was a United States Navy diesel-electric deep-diving research and development submarine.She was commissioned in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007. Her 38-year career was the longest in history for a US Navy submarine to that point.
The USS Holland was the first submarine in the US Navy, commissioned on April 1, 1900. Submarines have been active component of the US Navy ever since. The boat was developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard located in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This pioneering craft was in service for 10 years and was a developmental and trials vessel for many ...
USS Dolphin: United States California: San Diego: United States: 1968 Dolphin class: Submarine: Maritime Museum of San Diego [21] USS Drum: United States Alabama: Mobile: United States: 1941 Gato class: Submarine: USS Alabama Battleship Commission [22] USS Edson: United States Michigan: Bay City: United States: 1958 Forrest Sherman class ...
USS Grayback (SS-208) 30 June 1941: Mackerel: 2: USS Mackerel (SS-204) 6 October 1939: USS Marlin (SS-205) 1 August 1941: Gato: 77: USS Drum (SS-228) 11 September 1940: USS Croaker (SS-246) 21 April 1944: USS Drum was only boat actually commissioned before US Entry to WWII
USS Dolphin (PG-24), a gunboat and dispatch vessel intermittently in and out of commission from 1885 to 1921; USS Dolphin (SP-318), a fishing vessel examined for potential naval use in 1917 but apparently never taken over by the Navy; USS Dolphin (SP-874), a patrol vessel in commission during 1918; USS Dolphin (SS-169), a submarine in ...
Lieutenant Cromwell commanded USS S-20 (SS-125) in 1936–37, then served on the staff of Commander Submarine Division 4. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in 1939 and spent two years in Washington, D.C., with the Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Ships. In May 1941, he became engineer officer for the Pacific Fleet submarine ...