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Scymnus unicolor Müller & Henle, 1839. Squalus fulgens Bennett, 1840. The cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis), also called the cigar shark, is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae. This shark lives in warm, oceanic waters worldwide, particularly near islands, and has been recorded as deep as 3.7 km (2.3 mi).
Isistius. T. N. Gill, 1865. Type species. Isistius brasiliensis. (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Isistius is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Dalatiidae. They are commonly known as cookiecutter sharks. Members of the genus are known for their unusual behaviour and dentition. [2]
USS Silversides (SS-236) USS. Silversides. (SS-236) USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato -class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides. Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings, totalling more than 90,000 long tons ...
6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 2 × Mark 45 torpedoes. USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack -class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine, of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was believed to have sunk on 27 May 1968.
The dramatic ocean saga that led to three men being rescued this week from a sinking inflatable catamaran off the Australian coast has been pinned on an unusual culprit: a small, cigar-shaped ...
USS George Washington (SSBN-598) was the United States's first operational ballistic missile submarine.She was the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third [5] United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of Founding Father George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States, and was the first of that name to be purpose-built as a ...
Mike Spalding. Mike Spalding (born 1947) is a marathon swimmer, and one of only two people to have swum all nine channels of the main Hawaiian Islands. [1] He lives on Maui. On March 16, 2009 Spalding became one of the few humans to be attacked by the deep water cookiecutter shark. He was bitten by one of the sharks while swimming between the ...
Convoys HX 229/SC 122. During the Battle of the Atlantic, British merchant shipping was formed into convoys for protection against German submarine attack. [1] In March 1943 convoys HX 229 and SC 122 were the focus of the largest convoy battle of the war. [2] Kriegsmarine tactics against convoys employed multiple-submarine wolfpack tactics in ...