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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 (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]
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" ... USS Dolphin (SS-169) USS Dorado (SS-248) USS Dragonet; USS Drum (SS-228) E. USS Entemedor;
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
Rescued over 30 downed aviators during World War II. Converted to SSR in 1948, then to AGSS for sonar research in 1964. Last submarine which served in World War II in service in the U.S. Navy. SS-420 Tirante: GUPPY IIA conversion 1953 SS-421 Tomtate / Trutta: GUPPY IIA conversion 1953, transferred to Turkey on 1 July 1972. SS-422 Toro: SS-423 Torsk
World War II Class name No. First ship laid down Last ship commissioned Notes Balao: 120: USS Devilfish (SS-292) 31 March 1942: USS Tiru (SS-416) 1 September 1948: 62 cancelled Tench: 29: USS Amberjack (SS-522), USS Grampus (SS-523), USS Pickerel (SS-524), and USS Grenadier (SS-525) 8 February 1944: USS Grenadier (SS-525) 10 February 1951: 51 ...
The V-boats were a group of nine United States Navy submarines built between World War I and World War II from 1921 to 1934 under authorization as the "fleet boat" program.. The term "V-boats" as used includes five separate classes of submarines: large, fast fleet submarines (V-1 through V-3), large long-range submarines (the minelayer V-4 and two submarine cruisers V-5 and V-6) and three ...
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...