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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 ...
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 Swordfish: Sunk by Japanese ships 12 Jan 1945. SS-194 Seadragon: SS-195 Sealion: Destroyed by Japanese aircraft 10 Dec 1941. First US submarine lost in World War II. SS ...
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.
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" ... USS Dolphin (SS-169) USS Dorado (SS-248) USS Dragonet; USS Drum (SS-228) E. USS Entemedor;
USS Grayback (SS-208) 30 June 1941: Mackerel: 2: USS Mackerel (SS-204) 6 October 1939: USS Marlin (SS-205) 1 August 1941: Gato: 77: USS Drum (SS-228) 11 September 1940: USS Croaker (SS-246) 21 April 1944: USS Drum was only boat actually commissioned before US Entry to WWII
The USS Holland was the first submarine in the US Navy, commissioned on April 1, 1900. Submarines have been active component of the US Navy ever since. The boat was developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard located in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This pioneering craft was in service for 10 years and was a developmental and trials vessel for many ...
The former USS S-25 was transferred to the Royal Navy 4 November 1941 and renamed as RMS P.551 then transferred to the Polish Navy in exile and renamed ORP Jastrząb. On 2 May 1942 she was attacked in a friendly fire incident by a Royal Navy minesweeper and destroyer and sank with all hands.
In October 1941 most of the front-line submarine force, including all sixteen Salmon and Sargo class boats, joined them. The Japanese occupation of southern Indo-China and the August 1941 American-British-Dutch retaliatory oil embargo had raised international tensions, and an increased military presence in the Philippines was felt necessary. [20]