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USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first American submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II .
Detroit: Wooden steamer 1859 1872 10 feet (3.0 m) On September 29, 1872 the Detroit was driven ashore on the coast of Lake Huron near Greenbush, Michigan, with a cargo of lumber. A few weeks later during salvage operations, one of the chains used to lift the Detroit cut her in half, causing her to sink. [32] [33
Swordfish: SS-193 Lost between 9 and 30 January 1945 Fate unknown; possibly enemy action or naval mine Ryukyu Islands: Tang: SS-306 25 October 1944: Sunk by circular run of own torpedo Formosa Strait: Trigger: SS-237 28 March 1945: Lost to enemy action by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack Ryukyu Islands: Triton: SS-201 ...
A three-mast schooner carrying stone that sprung a leak and sunk four miles (6.4 km) off of Lorain. Rescued by City of Detroit and the tugboat Thomas Matham, everyone survived. Hickory Stick United States: 29 November 1958 The derrick barge broke apart and sank in a storm.
USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine commissioned in 1939 and sunk in 1945, was the first United States submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II. USS Swordfish (SSN-579) , a Skate -class submarine in commission from 1958 to 1989, is accused by Russia of ramming and sinking the Soviet submarine K-129 during the Cold War ...
An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a swordfish while surfing in Indonesia, local media reported.. Giulia Manfrini, a 36-year-old from northern Italy, was in the water in ...
The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns ...
It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, the navy said in a news release. About 100 of the ship's crew of approximately 270 were killed.