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23 May 1939. Foundered on test dive; raised and renamed Sailfish. Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire. Additionally: G-2, decommissioned as a target, flooded and sank unexpectedly 30 July 1919 in Two Tree Channel near Niantic, Connecticut with the loss of three crew. S-48 foundered 7 December 1921 in 80 feet (24 m) of water on a pre-commissioning dive.
USS Growler (SS-215) For other ships with the same name, see USS Growler. USS Growler (SS-215) off the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, on 21 February 1942. USS Growler (SS-215), a Gato -class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler.
USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range Tambor -class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years before the country entered World War II. Gudgeon scored 14 confirmed kills, placing her 15th on the honor roll of ...
World War II. [edit] The United States Navy Submarine Service lost 52 submarines, [ 12 ] 374 officers and 3,131 enlisted men during World War II. These personnel losses represented 16% of the officer and 13% of the enlisted operational personnel. This loss rate was the highest among men and ships of any U.S. Navy unit.
All five members of the missing Titan submarine are believed to be dead, the company OceanGate said in a statement on June 22. ... Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost ...
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Harder (SS-257), a Gato -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation. [ 6 ]
July 1945 [4] 2 x 5 in (127 mm) /25 caliber deck guns. 2 x 40 mm Bofors antiaircraft cannons. USS Bullhead (SS-332), a Balao -class submarine, was the last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Less than two hours later, Polar Prince, the support vessel that transported the Titan to the dive site, lost contact with the submersible. The U.S. Coast Guard was thusly alerted, and a massive ...