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USS S-4; USS S-5; USS S-19; USS S-26; USS S-27; USS S-28; USS S-37; USS S-39; USS S-49; USS S-50; USS S-51; USS Sailfish (SS-192) USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609) USS San Francisco (SSN-711) USS San Juan (SSN-751) USS Sand Lance (SSN-660) USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Seahorse (SSN-669) USS Stickleback; USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Submarine incident off ...
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
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]
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 ...
The US Navy said it fired a warship captain last month due to "a loss of confidence" in his ability to lead. An investigation shows he was removed after his destroyer had a near-miss in the Middle ...
USS Constitution: United States Massachusetts: Boston: United States: 1797 Wooden: Frigate: U.S.S. Constitution Museum [19] USS Croaker: United States New York: Buffalo: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park [20] Name Country Region City Nationality Launched Class Type Remarks Ref USS Dolphin ...
Raised, repaired and re-commissioned as USS Sailfish on 15 May 1940. Sank Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō 3 Dec 1943 which was carrying survivors of Sculpin (SS-191). SS-193
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