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USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao -class submarine, which operated as a museum ship at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum outside Charleston, South Carolina from 1979 to 2022. Built in 1945 for the United States Navy, she was still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore.
The last Balao-class submarine in United States service was USS Clamagore (SS-343), which was decommissioned in June 1975. [31] Seven were converted to roles as diverse as guided-missile submarines (SSG) and amphibious transport submarines (SSP). 46 were transferred to foreign navies for years of additional service, some into the 1990s, and ...
The Clamagore, which was launched at EB in 1945, is likely to become the first U.S. submarine to be scrapped after being preserved as a museum ... Those not lost in combat had normal lifespans and ...
A total of 125 U.S. submarines were cancelled during World War II, all but three between 29 July 1944 and 12 August 1945. The exceptions were USS Wahoo (SS-516), USS Unicorn (SS-436), and USS Walrus (SS-437), cancelled 7 January 1946.
Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy. Intelligent Whale. Experimental submarine built in 1863, acquired by the US Navy in 1869 and abandoned in 1873. DSV-0. Trieste. First submarine which reached the Challenger Deep by Swiss Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh in 1960.
SS-338 28 February 1945 Sold for scrap, 26 July 1973. Catfish: SS-339 19 March 1945 Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971. Entemedor: SS-340 6 April 1945 Transferred to Turkey, on 31 July 1972; sold to Turkey, on 1 August 1973. Chivo: SS-341 28 April 1945 Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971. Chopper: SS-342 25 May 1945 Sank off Cape Hatteras ...
USS Batfish (SS-310) USS Baya. USS Becuna. USS Bergall (SS-320) USS Besugo. USS Billfish (SS-286) USS Blackfin. USS Blanquillo (SS-323) USS Blenny.
USS Clamagore after GUPPY III modernization, as formerly preserved at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina. The GUPPY II conversions suffered from very cramped internal conditions due to the four-battery configuration. The GUPPY III program (SCB 223) was devised to address this problem. In 1959, Tiru became the prototype conversion.