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USS Redfish (SS-395)
USS ''Redfish'' (SS/AGSS-395), a Balao class submarine, ''Balao''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish. In addition to her naval career, which included sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū, she made several film appearances in the 1950s. Construction ''Redfishs keel was laid down on 9 September 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 27 January 1944 sponsored by Miss Ruth Roper, and ship commissioning, commissioned on 12 April 1944. World War II ''Redfish'' arrived at Pearl Harbor on 27 June 1944. Departing 23 July, she sank the 5,953-ton Japanese cargo ship ''Batopaha Maru'' on 25 August, the 7,311 ton tanker ''Ogura Maru Number Two'' on 16 September, and the 8,506 ton transport ''SS Mizuho Maru, Mizuho Maru'' on 21 September, all off Taiwan, Formosa, before arriving at Midway Island on 2 October. Departing Midway on 25 October and Saipan on 3 November, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Founded in 1800, PNS is U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard. Today, most of its work concerns the overhaul, repair, and modernization of submarines. As of November 2021, the shipyard employed more than 6,500 federal employees. As well, some of the work is performed by private corporations (e.g., Delphinius Engineering of Eddystone, Pennsylvania; Oceaneering International of Chesapeake, Virginia; Orbis Sibro of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; and Q.E.D. Systems Inc. of Virginia Beach, Virginia). History The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established on June 12, 1800, during the administration of President John Adams. It sits on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
