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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]
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 ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
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 official death toll was 470, though some evidence suggests that the ship was overcrowded and the true death toll may have been much greater, likely more than 1,600. [7] 1,600 (estimated) 1993 Haiti: Ferry Neptune – Sank on 16 February. [8] [9] [10] 1,500 (estimated) 1912 United Kingdom
The dolphin was found March 19 on Kiawah Island. ... Unexpected find solves mystery surrounding 30-year-old dolphin’s death, SC team says. ... NOAA photo. A 30-year-old ...
Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000. [88] 148 of the Union dead were U.S. Marines. [92] [93] ca. ^ Civil War April 2, 2012, Doctor David Hacker after extensive research offered new casualty rates higher by 20%; his work has been accepted by the academic community and is represented here.