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USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range Tambor-class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years before the country entered World War II.
Until 2014, submarine watchkeeping had an 18-hour day, as opposed to a standard 24-hour schedule. Sailors spent 6 hours on watch, 6 hours maintenance and training and 6 hours off (3 watches of 6 hours.) [24] In 2014, the Navy began transitioning the fleet to a 24-hour schedule. [25] The submarine force has always been a small fraction of the ...
The Jeep Wrangler (pictured is a TJ Wrangler) is a 4WD vehicle with a transfer case to select low-range or high-range four-wheel drive.. A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.
This would make the Block V the second-longest US submarine, behind only the Ohio-class submarines (at 560 ft; 170 m). [4] On 22 March 2021, the U.S. Navy added the 10th boat of the Block V series of the Virginia-class attack submarine, issuing a $2.4 billion adjustment on the December 2019 contract. This brings the total cost of the contract ...
USS PC-1264 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II.She was one of only two U.S. Navy ships to have a predominantly African-American enlisted complement during the war, the other being the Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Mason.
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The Truck, Utility, ¼-Ton, 4×4, or simply M151 was the successor to the Korean War M38 and M38A1 Jeep Light Utility Vehicles.The M151 had an integrated body design which offered a little more space than prior jeeps, and featured all-around independent suspension with coil springs.
USS S-4 (SS-109) - Sunk in a collision with the United States Coast Guard destroyer Paulding, off Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 17 December 1927, 40 men were killed; later raised, repaired, and served as a salvage and submarine escape test boat before being finally sunk as a target 15 May 1936. [21]