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USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) was a United States Navy diesel-electric deep-diving research and development submarine. She was commissioned in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007. Her 38-year career was the longest in history for a US Navy submarine to that point. She was the Navy's last operational conventionally powered submarine. [2]
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
Kellie Chouest helped in the recovery operations of the stricken USS Dolphin after a flooding and fire of the latter vessel. She also assisted in the recovery of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 voice and flight data recorders, and of USS Monitor 's propeller and shaft.
Dolphin was the penultimate design in the V-boat series. With a length of 319 ft (97 m) and a displacement only a little more than half that of the previous three large cruiser submarines (1,718 long tons (1,746 t) surfaced, 2,240 long tons (2,276 t) submerged), Dolphin was clearly an attempt to strike a medium between those latter submarines and earlier S-class submarines, which were little ...
USS Dolphin (SP-318), a fishing vessel examined for potential naval use in 1917 but apparently never taken over by the Navy; USS Dolphin (SP-874), a patrol vessel in commission during 1918; USS Dolphin (SS-169), a submarine in commission from 1932 to 1945; USS Dolphin (AGSS-555), a research and development submarine in commission from 1968 to 2007
USS Dolphin: United States California: San Diego: United States: 1968 Dolphin class: Submarine: Maritime Museum of San Diego [21] USS Drum: United States Alabama: Mobile: United States: 1941 Gato class: Submarine: USS Alabama Battleship Commission [22] USS Edson: United States Michigan: Bay City: United States: 1958 Forrest Sherman class ...
The horrifying history of Eastern Kentucky floods began with search for cheap energy. The Mountain Eagle Editorial Staff. August 5, 2022 at 6:33 AM. What a cruel way to die. Picture it. A 65-year ...
USS Dolphin AGSS-555, diesel-electric submarine launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007; PCF-816 (formerly C24 or P24), 1968 Patrol Craft Fast that was transferred to Malta in 1971 and decommissioned in 2011; San Salvador, a replica of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo's galleon which was the first European ship to visit San Diego Bay in 1542. [4]