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1939 USS Gudgeon – sank 11 ships in 12 World War II Pacific patrols [45] 1941 USS Sperry – submarine tender [46] – (World War II) 1942 USS Bushnell – submarine tender [46] – (World War II) 8 of 77 Gato-class submarines. 1941 USS Silversides – [47] (sank 23 ships in 14 World War II Pacific patrols (3rd highest number for a U.S ...
19th-century submarines of the United States (9 P) Pages in category "19th-century submarines" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
In 1916 the California Shipbuilding Company built a few submarines in the Craig Shipbuilding Company yard in Long Beach. There is no relationship other than the name of the company. The Calship shipyard was created at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of America's massive shipbuilding effort of World War II. W. A.
California shipbuilders have built or repaired ships of all types, from battleships to wood sailing ships, from the mid-1850s till today. In both World War I and World War II several large and small shipyards were built in California especially for war time construction. Ships were built out of steel, wood and when these were in short supply ...
19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Pages in category "19th-century submarines of the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.
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A 16th-century Islamic painting depicting Alexander the Great being lowered in a glass submersible. The concept of underwater transport has roots deep in antiquity. There are images of men using hollow sticks to breathe underwater for hunting at the temples at Thebes, and the first known military use occurred during the siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC), where divers cleared obstructions ...