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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 ...
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. She was the Navy's last operational conventionally powered submarine. [2]
Deployed to Vietnam 1968–69. Sea Scout Ship with all-female crew 1998–2020. Relocated as 1st maritime training ship on Ohio River Jan 2024. [52] USS Pueblo: North Korea: South Pyongan: Pyongyang: United States: 1944 Banner class: Technical research ship [53] USS Razorback: United States Arkansas: Little Rock: United States: 1944 Balao class ...
It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. [2] As World War II loomed, two more classes of carriers were commissioned under President Franklin Roosevelt: the Essex class, which is informally divided into regular bow and ...
World War II Class name No. First ship laid down Last ship commissioned Notes Balao: 120: USS Devilfish (SS-292) 31 March 1942: USS Tiru (SS-416) 1 September 1948: 62 cancelled Tench: 29: USS Amberjack (SS-522), USS Grampus (SS-523), USS Pickerel (SS-524), and USS Grenadier (SS-525) 8 February 1944: USS Grenadier (SS-525) 10 February 1951: 51 ...
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 ...
Description: Lot 3000-L-9: U.S. Navy dispatch vessel, USS Dolphin, stern view. Dolphin was one of the first steel ships of the “New Navy.” Detroit Publishing Company, 1890-1912.
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" ... USS Dolphin (SS-169) USS Dorado (SS-248) USS Dragonet; USS Drum (SS-228) E. USS Entemedor;