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The first Stingray (Submarine No. 13), was a C-class submarine in commission from 1909 to 1919 that was renamed USS C-2 in 1911 and served during World War I. The second USS Stingray (SS-186) was a Salmon-class submarine in commission from 1938 to 1945 that served during World War II.
The United States' S-class submarines, often simply called S-boats (sometimes "Sugar" boats, after the then-contemporary Navy phonetic alphabet for "S"), were the first class of submarines with a significant number built to United States Navy designs. They made up the bulk of the USN submarine service in the interwar years and could be found in ...
USS S-50 (SS-161) was a fourth-group (S-48) S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Construction and commissioning
Unique submarine SS-576 Darter: Unique submarine SSG-577 Growler: Museum ship, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York SSN-578 Skate: Lead boat of a class of 4. First submarine to surface at the North Pole. SSN-579 Swordfish: SS-580 Barbel: Lead boat of a class of 3. First diesel-powered attack submarine with a teardrop hull. SS-581 ...
[6] [7] This yields 10 cancelled Balao-class, SS-353-360 and 379-380. The Register of Ships of the U. S. Navy differs, considering every submarine not specifically ordered as a Tench to be a Balao, and further projecting SS-551-562 as a future class. [1] This yields 62 cancelled Balao class, 51 cancelled Tench class, and 12 cancelled SS-551 ...
The design was possibly influenced by the German "U-cruisers" of the Type U-139 and Type U-151 U-boat classes, although V-4, V-5, and V-6 were all larger than these. A raised gun platform was provided around the conning tower, and deck stowage for spare torpedoes was included under the platform and in the superstructure.
USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971.
Silhouette of a Whiskey-class submarine with twin 57 mm deck guns and twin 25 mm conning tower guns Silhouette of a Whiskey Long Bin-class submarine Silhouette of a Whiskey Twin Cylinder-class submarine. The initial design was developed in the early 1940s as a sea-going follow-on to the S-class submarine. As a result of war experience and the ...