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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
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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
USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) was a significant modification of the Sturgeon design for an experimental propulsion system, and so was a one-ship class. USS Narwhal (SSN-671) was also identified as such during her construction, but later was admitted to have been a unique design with very little in common with the Sturgeon class
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Margo Edwards was the chief scientist for the 1999 expedition [1] and spent thirteen days on the USS Hawkbill, thereby becoming the first women to live aboard a Navy nuclear submarine during under-ice operations. [2]
Launching of USS Robalo 9 May 1943, at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company , located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin , was a major shipbuilder for the Great Lakes . It was founded in 1902, with the purchase of the "Burger & Burger Shipyard," a predecessor to The Burger Boat Company , and made mainly steel ferries ...