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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 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 .
submarine aircraft carrier: 4,762 16 December 1944 Sunk 16 July 1945 I-14: 14 March 1945 Sunk as target 28 May 1946 I-15: Type B1: submarine aircraft carrier: 3,654 30 September 1940 Sunk 10 November 1942 I-16: Type C1: midget submarine-carrying submarine: 3,561 30 March 1940 Sunk 19 May 1944 I-17: Type B1: submarine aircraft carrier: 3,654 24 ...
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 ...
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 .
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
In volume 65, Targeting Enemy Merchant Shipping, chapter three contains an examination of the Laconia incident in the context of the application of international law to World War II submarine warfare: The person who issued the order to attack and the aircraft commander who carried it out are both prima facie guilty of a war crime. The conduct ...