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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.
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
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 ...
submarine aircraft carrier: 2,921 31 July 1932 Sunk 19 July 1944 I-6: Type J2: submarine aircraft carrier: 2,921 15 May 1935 Sunk 16 June 1944 I-7: Type J3: submarine aircraft carrier: 3,583 31 March 1937 Wrecked 22 June 1943 I-8: 5 December 1938 Sunk 31 March 1945 I-9: Type A1: submarine aircraft carrier: 4,129 13 February 1941 Sunk 13 June ...
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
As SSNs, Sturgeon-class submarines were designed to primarily perform anti-submarine warfare operations. Seven different primary contractors constructed the 37 boats of the class, making it the second-most numerous nuclear-powered warship class in the world after the 62-boat Los Angeles class. [1] USS Pargo (SSN-650) surfaced in Arctic ice.