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USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring, Coregonus artedi. She ranked 20th among all U.S. submarines in total tonnage sunk during World War II , with 63,835 tons, and 24th in number of ships sunk, with 14.
Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II. [5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee, Tang, and Grunion – to defective torpedoes, and six to accident or grounding ...
8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) The Grayback-class submarine was a class of two guided missile-carrying submarines of the United States Navy. They carried the Regulus I and Regulus II nuclear cruise missiles, deployed 1957–64, that were rapidly phased out by Polaris Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs).
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
She was launched on 2 July 1957, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Moore, widow of the last commanding officer of the previous USS Grayback (SS-208), and commissioned at Mare Island on 7 March 1958. Grayback was initially designated as an attack submarine, but was converted in 1958 into a guided-missile submarine (SSG-574) armed with the Regulus ...
1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun [3] The Tambor-class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. They were the USN's first fully successful fleet submarine, and began the war close to the fighting. Six of the class were in Hawaiian waters or the Central Pacific on 7 December 1941, with Tautog ...
A and T Recovery. Vought F4U-1 "Bird Cage" Corsair Bureau Number 02465 being lifted from Lake Michigan by A and T Recovery. A and T Recovery (Allan Olson and Taras Lyssenko) is an American company that has the primary purpose to locate and recover once lost World War II United States Navy aircraft for presentation to the American public. [2 ...
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 6 forward, 4 aft. 24 torpedoes [6] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Grenadier (SS-210), a Tambor -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and ...