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Pre–World War I Class name No. Laid down Last comm. Notes Alligator [1]: 1: 1861: 1862: First submarine in the U.S. Navy. Purpose was to protect wooden ships against ironclads.
List submarines of the United States Navy, by hull number and boat name Hull number Name Notes Turtle: World's first combat submersible. Deployed in 1775. Failed mission to destroy HMS Eagle. Continental Army project. Alligator: Experimental submarine built in 1862. Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy.
General Motors Cleveland Model 16-248 diesel engine Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8⅛ diesel engine. Twelve submarines of this class built by Electric Boat (SS-253 to SS-264) received what would be the final installations of the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) double-acting diesel engine. The Navy had been tinkering with this engine off and on ...
In 1920 the U.S. Navy Department established a standard Type and Class letter designation system. "SS" was established as the two-letter Class designation for Submarine (first line). In addition to a name, each U.S. submarine carries a Class designation followed by an assigned hull number.
United States: 7,000 United States Navy: 24: 62: 0: 35 submarines retired Rubis class France: 2,670 French Navy: 2: 6: 0: 4 retired Seawolf class (SSN-21) United States: 9,300 United States Navy: 3: 3: 0: 29 originally planned, 3rd in class built substantially modified for special missions Shang class (Type 093) People's Republic of China ...
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
List of most successful American submarines in World War II; List of United States submarines designated as memorials; Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory; United States Naval Undersea Museum; Submarine Force Library and Museum
Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy (15 C, 206 P) R. Research submarines of the United States (11 P) S. Ships sunk by American submarines (1 C, 188 P)