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USS Memphis (SSN-691), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 23 June 1973.
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
USS Memphis (CL-13), was an Omaha-class light cruiser, saw action in World War II; USNS Memphis (T-AO-162), was a Cumberland-class fleet oiler acquired by the US Navy 28 November 1956 and transferred to the US Army in 1967; USS Memphis (SSN-691), is a Los Angeles-class submarine launched 3 April 1976 and decommissioned in 2011
USS Memphis (USS Tennessee) was sunk by a large tidal wave while anchored in the port of Santo Domingo on August 29, 1916. 40 men were killed or missing and 204 were injured. Seen in 1922. Date: 1922: Source: USS Memphis, 1922, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 23 of 26: Author: Richard from USA
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 ...
All five men on board the missing Titan submersible were declared dead after it was found that the craft imploded near the site of the shipwreck, authorities announced Thursday.. OceanGate ...
Pages in category "United States submarine accidents" ... Submarine incident off Kildin Island; USS Swordfish (SSN-579) T. USS Tang (SS-306) USS Tautog (SSN-639)
On Dec. 2, two weeks after the shootings, the victims were laid to rest. Dr. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr., pastor emeritus of New Sardis Baptist Church on Holmes Road, officiated the funeral for three ...