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USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle (the "-s-" was inadvertently dropped at commissioning.). Construction and commissioning
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle.The name perpetuated the inadvertent misspelling of "hawksbill" in the naming of the first ship of that name, USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine launched in 1944.
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
This is a list of aircraft carried undersea and used from submarines (see Submarine aircraft carriers). These were primarily used during the Second World War , also included for comparison are earlier developments of submarine carried aircraft from the First World War and the period between the World Wars .
Destroyed by Japanese aircraft 10 Dec 1941. First US submarine lost in World War II. SS-196 Searaven: SS-197 Seawolf: Accidentally sunk by US Navy destroyer escort 3 Oct 1944. SS-198 Tambor: Lead boat of a class of 12 SS-199 Tautog: Highest scoring US submarine of World War II. SS-200 Thresher: SS-201 Triton: Sunk 15 April 1943 by Japanese ...
USS Hawkbill has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Hawkbill (SS-366) , a submarine in commission from 1944 to 1946 USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) , a submarine in commission from 1971 to 2000
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An I-400 class submarine, with its long plane hangar and forward catapult. The I-400-class submarines were the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. It displaced 6,500 tons (5,900 tonnes) and was over 400 ft (120 m) long, three times ...