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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 .
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 ...
The Fairey Swordfish is a retired biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company.Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...
Sunk by Japanese freighter 9 Sep 1943. SS-210 Grenadier: Sunk by Japanese aircraft 22 Apr 1943. SS-211 Gudgeon: Probably sunk by Japanese on 18 Apr 1944. SS-212 Gato: Lead boat of a class of 77 SS-213 Greenling: SS-214 Grouper: Converted to SSK in 1951, then AGSS sonar research in 1960 SS-215 Growler: Sunk by Japanese ships 8 Nov 1944. SS-216 ...
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 ...
The SS United States is set to be sunk. But new wrinkles have delayed the historic ocean liner’s next chapter. Danny Freeman, CNN. January 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM.
Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki was torpedoed and sunk in Tulagi harbor by American aircraft. The French submarine Bévéziers was depth charged and sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers at Diego Suarez, Madagascar. German submarine U-758 was commissioned. Born: Tammy Wynette, country singer-songwriter, in Tremont, Mississippi (d. 1998)