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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 Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark. On 10 April 1963, Thresher sank during deep-diving tests about 350 km (220 mi) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard ...
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 ...
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.
USS Albacore (SS-218) USS. Albacore. (SS-218) USS Albacore in Measure 9 camouflage (dull black) off Groton, Connecticut, on 9 May 1942. USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato -class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning the Presidential Unit Citation and nine battle stars for her service.
Rancho Murieta, California. Membership. 3,661 (1980) National President. Walter 'Gus' Krause. The United States Submarine Veterans of World War II is a congressionally chartered veterans organization that was established to "perpetuate the memory of those shipmates who gave their lives in submarine warfare" [1] during World War II.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing Canadian research submersible that disappeared Sunday after it went to explore the wreck of the Titanic. The 21-foot submersible and its five-person ...
The submarine dodged, fearful of counterattack from the air. She continued to patrol the Truk area until 20 September, when she decided to leave the southwest part of the patrol area and explore south of the Namonuito Atoll. Under a bright moon and clear sky, the submarine sighted a freighter and her escort. Wahoo fired three torpedoes; all ...