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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.
USS Tuna (SS-203) was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific during World War II and earning seven battle stars for her service. After the war, she participated in the Bikini Atoll atomic testing in 1946.
Soon after commissioning, S-32, assigned to Submarine Division 17 and home-ported at San Pedro, California, was ordered to New London, Connecticut.She was decommissioned there on 25 September 1922 and, after engineering alterations by the prime contractor, the Electric Boat Company, and the engineering sub-contractor, the New London Ship and Engine Company, she was recommissioned on 21 ...
MINSY made a name for itself as the premier U.S. West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. [ 6 ] The naval base was closed on 31 March 1996, with more than 7,500 civilians on its payroll, [ 7 ] and has gone through several redevelopment phases.
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California: Laid down: 10 December 1918: Launched: 3 June 1919: Sponsored by: Miss Helen Russell: Commissioned: 4 April 1923: Fate: Ran aground 20 January 1942; Scuttled 21 January 1942; General characteristics; Class and type: S-class submarine: Displacement: 854 long tons (868 t) surfaced ...
Commissioned as crankshaft modifications were ordered for her class, S-33 proceeded from her homeport, San Pedro Submarine Base, San Pedro Submarine Base, San Pedro, California, to New London, Connecticut, where she was decommissioned on 15 June and turned over to the prime contractor, the Electric Boat Company, for the alterations. She was ...
Just prior to the entry of the United States into World War II, S-39 (under the command of James W. Coe, Class of 1930 [4]) patrolled off southern Luzon. After 8 December, she moved into San Bernardino Strait to impede Japanese mining activities. The escorts screening the minelayers, however, kept the submarine at bay with persistent depth ...