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USS Corsair (SS-435)
USS ''Corsair'' (SS-435), a Tench class submarine, ''Tench''-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the California Sebastidae, rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkey, Turkish or Saracen. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 3 May 1946 sponsored by Mrs. O. M. Hustvedt, ship commissioning, commissioned on 8 November 1946 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet. Following a shakedown cruise in which she visited Havana, Panama, Trinidad, and Rio de Janeiro, ''Corsair'' was assigned to Submarine Squadron 8 and operated out of New London, Connecticut, on type training and provided services to ships of other types until June 1947 when she entered the Electric Boat Company yard for the installation of a new type of sound gear. On 31 July 1947 she sank the old minesweeper ''USS Chewink (AM-39), Chewink'' in a torpedo experiment. From 15 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Dynamics Electric Boat
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design and engineering facility in New London, Connecticut. History The company was founded in 1899 by Isaac Rice as the Electric Boat Company to build John Philip Holland's submersible ship designs, which were developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. ''Holland VI'' was the first submarine that this shipyard built, which became when it was commissioned into the United States Navy on April 11, 1900—the first submarine to be officially commissioned. The success of ''Holland VI'' created a demand for follow-up models (A class or ) that began with the prototype submersible ''Fulton'' built at Electric Boat. Some foreig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
