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List Of Tench-class Submarines
List of Tench-class submarine, ''Tench''-class submarines and their dispositions. 29 of these boats were built during and after World War II, commissioned from October 1944 through February 1951, with 11 commissioned postwar.Bauer and Roberts, pp. 280-282 None of this class were lost in World War II. PNS Ghazi, ''Ghazi'' (ex-''Diablo'' (SS-479)) was lost in Pakistani service on 4 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971, possibly due to an accident Some of the class served actively in the US Navy through the middle 1970s, others served into the 1990s with foreign navies, and one (''Hai Shih'' ex-) is still active in Taiwan's Republic of China Navy. The primary improvement of the ''Tench'' and Balao-class submarine, ''Balao'' classes over the preceding Gato-class submarine, ''Gato'' class was an increase in test depth from to . This, combined with less wartime service than previous classes, led to these classes being preferred for modernization programs and acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tench-class Submarine
''Tench''-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) between 1944 and 1951. They were an improvement over the and es, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout. One of the ballast tanks was converted to carry fuel, increasing range from to . This improvement was also made on some boats of the previous two classes.Friedman through 1945, pp. 209, 351 Further improvements were made beginning with SS-435, which are sometimes referred to as the ''Corsair'' class. Initial plans called for 80 to be built, but 51 were cancelled in 1944 and 1945 when it became apparent that they would not be needed to defeat Japan. The remaining 29 were commissioned between October 1944 (''Tench'') and February 1951 (''Grenadier''). The last submarine of the ''Tench'' class, as well as the last submarine which served during World War II, remaining in service with the U.S. Navy was USS ''Tigrone'' (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kittery, Maine
Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals. The southernmost town in the state, it is a tourist destination known for its many outlet stores. Kittery is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The town's population was 10,070 at the 2020 census. History English settlement around the natural harbor of the Piscataqua River estuary began about 1623. By 1632 the community was protected by Fort William and Mary on today's New Hampshire side of the river; in 1689 defensive works that later became Fort McClary in Kittery Point were added on today's Maine side to the north. Kittery was incorporated in 1647, staking a claim as the "oldest incorporated town in Maine." It was named after the birthplace of a founder, Alexander Shapleigh, from his manor of Kitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Volador (SS-490)
USS ''Volador'' (SS-490), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the volador. Construction and commissioning The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1945, but work on her construction was discontinued in January 1946. Her unfinished hulk remained on the ways until August 1947, when construction resumed, now including GUPPY II enhancements to the basic ''Tench''-class design. ''Volador'' was launched on 21 May 1948, sponsored by Mrs. Harriet Rose Morton (''née'' Nelson), widow of Commander Dudley W. Morton, and commissioned on 1 October 1948, with Lieutenant CommanderRegisters of the Commissioned Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps 1949 Howard A. Thompson in command. Operational history West Coast ''Volador'' completed her builder's trials on 20 January 1949, left Portsmouth three days later, and stopped at Newport, Rhode Island, and New London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Remora (SS-487)
USS ''Remora'' (SS-487), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the remora, a fish with a suctorial disk on its head enabling it to cling to other fish and to ships. Construction and commissioning ''Remora''′s keel was laid down on 5 March 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. T. W. Samuels III, and commissioned on 3 January 1946 with Commander Robert Sellars in command. Service history Training submarine Completing her Caribbean Sea shakedown in April 1946, ''Remora'' operated out of New London, Connecticut, as a training submarine until January 1947. Then transferred to the Pacific, she transited the Panama Canal at mid-month and arrived at Mare Island, Vallejo, California, on 14 February to begin a Greater Underwater Propulsive Power Program (GUPPY-II) conversion. Early in November, she completed trials and on 22 February arrived at San Diego, California, her new homepor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Odax (SS-484)
USS ''Odax'' (SS-484), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for odax, a brilliantly colored, red and green fish belonging to the family ''Scaridae'', the parrot fishes. Construction and commissioning ''Odax''′s keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine, on 4 December 1944. She was launched on 10 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Luise Fogarty, wife of Rhode Island Congressman John E. Fogarty, and commissioned on 11 July 1945. 1940s After shakedown off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ''Odax'' got underway 19 September 1945 for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to provide services to the Fleet Training Group. On 30 October 1945, she departed for Key West, Florida, for duty with the Fleet Sonar School and conducted operational training until September 1946. In September 1946, as part of the Bureau of Ships post-war investigation of the high-speed submarine, ''Odax'' was selected for conversion to a Greater Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Sea Leopard (SS-483)
USS ''Sea Leopard'' (SS-483), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the leopard seal. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 November 1944. She was launched on 2 March 1945 sponsored by Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, United States Congresswoman from Maine, and commissioned on 11 June 1945. United States Service 1940s Following shakedown off the New England coast, ''Sea Leopard'' was ordered to the Pacific War Zone. However, hostilities with Japan ceased before the submarine's departure date; and she remained in the Atlantic. The submarine then proceeded to Key West, Florida, and she remained in Florida waters through 1946 providing services to the Antisubmarine Development Force. In January 1947, she returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for her first shipyard overhaul. Next came training exercises in the Key West area until late 1948, when she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a Greater Underwate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radar Picket
A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military (including naval) force to protect it from surprise attack, typically air attack, or from criminal activities such as smuggling. By definition a radar picket must be some distance removed from the anticipated targets to be capable of providing ''early warning''. Often several detached radar units would be placed to encircle a target to provide increased cover in all directions; another approach is to position units to form a ''barrier line''. Radar picket units may also be equipped to direct friendly aircraft to intercept any possible enemy. In British terminology the radar picket function is called aircraft direction. Airborne radar pickets are generally referred to as airborne early warning (AEW). In a sense radars intended to track ballistic missiles can be thought of as radar pickets, but because such systems are also used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cutlass (SS-478)
USS ''Cutlass'' (SS-478), is a ''Tench''-class submarine now in the service of the Republic of China Navy. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cutlassfish, a long, thin fish found widely along the coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 10 July 1944. She was launched on 5 November 1944 sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Kintner, and commissioned on 17 March 1945 with Commander Herbert L. Jukes in command. Operational history 1945–1973 (US Navy) Departing Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 25 April 1945, ''Cutlass'' arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 July and put out on her maiden war patrol two days later. Assigned to patrol in the vicinity of the Kurile Islands, she entered the area one day after the announced Japanese surrender, remained on observation patrol until 24 August, then returned to Pearl Harbor. She sailed on 2 September for New York, arriving 24 September to receive visitors th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Argonaut (SS-475)
USS ''Argonaut'' (SS-475) was a operated by the United States Navy (USN). Constructed at Portsmouth Navy Yard during the second half of 1944, ''Argonaut'' was commissioned into the USN in 1945 and operated during the final year of World War II, although her only contact with the Japanese was when she sank a junk in August. During the 1950s, the submarine was modified for greater underwater endurance, and to guide the Regulus I missile. From 1963 to 1965, ''Argonaut'' operated in the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine was sold to Canada in 1968, commissioned into Maritime Command as HMCS ''Rainbow'' (SS 75), and operated until the end of 1974. The submarine was returned to the United States, and scrapped in 1977. US service ''Argonaut'' was laid down at Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine on 28 June 1944. She was launched on 1 October 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Allan R. McCann and commissioned on 15 January 1945, Lieutenant Commander John S. Schmidt in command. ''Argonaut'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groton, Connecticut
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is located in Groton, and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is also a major employer. Avery Point in Groton is home to a regional campus of the University of Connecticut. The population was 38,411 at the 2020 census. History Groton was established in 1705 when it separated from New London, Connecticut. The town was named after Groton, Suffolk in England. A hundred years before it was established, the Niantic people settled in the area between the Thames River and Pawcatuck River, but they eventually settled in Westerly, Rhode Island. The newcomers to the land were the Pequots, a branch of the Mohawk people who moved eastward into the Connecticut River Valley. The summer of 1614 was the first time that the Pequots encountered white settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Boat Company
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations. Various common phenomena are related to electricity, including lightning, static electricity, electric heating, electric discharges and many others. The presence of an electric charge, which can be either positive or negative, produces an electric field. The movement of electric charges is an electric current and produces a magnetic field. When a charge is placed in a location with a non-zero electric field, a force will act on it. The magnitude of this force is given by Coulomb's law. If the charge moves, the electric field would be doing work on the electric charge. Thus we can speak of electric potential at a certain point in space, which is equal to the work done by an external agent in carrying a unit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Trutta (SS-421)
USS ''Trutta'' (SS-421), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trutta, a variety of trout, distinguished from the typical trout by its small, black spots and its smaller and fewer scales. She was originally assigned the name ''Tomtate'', often misspelled as ''Tomatate'', and would have made her the only ship named for the tomtate, a food fish of warm American waters having a compressed body, a toothless palate, and conical jaw teeth, but was renamed ''Trutta'' on 24 September 1942. Her keel was laid down on 22 May 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 18 August 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Edward C. Magdeburger, and commissioned on 16 November 1944 with Commander Arthur C. Smith in command. First War Patrol Following outfitting and shakedown, ''Trutta'' underwent 30 days of intensive training in the Portsmouth-New London area and then set a course southward and steamed via the Canal Zone to arrive at Pearl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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