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USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring, Coregonus artedi.She ranked 20th among all U.S. submarines in total tonnage sunk during World War II, with 63,835 tons, and 24th in number of ships sunk, with 14.
Grayback′s keel was laid down on 1 July 1954 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California.She was launched on 2 July 1957, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Moore, widow of the last commanding officer of the previous USS Grayback (SS-208), and commissioned at Mare Island on 7 March 1958.
USS Grayback may refer to the following vessels of the United States Navy: USS Grayback (SS-208) , a Tambor -class submarine , commissioned in 1941 and sunk in 1944 USS Grayback (SSG-574) , a Grayback -class submarine, commissioned in 1958 and stricken in 1984
The Grayback-class submarine was a class of two guided missile-carrying submarines of the United States Navy. They carried the Regulus I and Regulus II nuclear cruise missiles , deployed 1957–64, that were rapidly phased out by Polaris Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles ( SLBMs ).
USS S-21 (SS-126) USS S-26 (SS-131) USS S-24 (SS-129) USS S-30 (SS-135) USS Grayback (SS-208) USS Muskallunge Submarine Division 62 Submarine Division 73 Submarine Base Key West Destroyer Squadron 30 USS Mount Olympus USS Pelican (AM-27) Battles / wars: Nicaraguan Campaign Yangtze Patrol World War II Korean War: Awards: Navy Cross Legion of Merit
The U.S. Navy frigate USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) is named in his honor. [2] Raised in Bisbee, Arizona, [3] Moore had boxed and played soccer at the United States Naval Academy. He served on R-and S-class submarines, before assuming command of the submarine USS Grayback on its last three patrols during 1943
Originally planned as sisters to the attack submarine USS Darter, the two boats, Grayback and Growler, were converted while under construction through the addition of a section containing the missile hangar onto the bow (as opposed to an external installation in the original Regulus boats).
Experimental use: an example is USS Albacore (AGSS-569), which used an unprecedented hull design. In this list such single boat "classes" are marked with "(unique)". In this list such single boat "classes" are marked with "(unique)".