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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.
Grayback′s keel was laid down on 1 July 1954 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California.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.
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 ).
Submarines Date lost Circumstances of loss Date found USS S-36 21 January 1942 Scuttled after striking Taka Bakang reef near Sulawesi 13 May 2001 USS Lagarto: 4 May 1945 Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Thailand: May 2005 USS Grunion: 30 July 1942 Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
A massive search ramped up as authorities probed the North Atlantic for a tourist submarine that went missing over the weekend on an expedition to explore the famous Titanic shipwreck.
Watch live: US Coast guard gives update on Titanic submersible as debris found. WATCH: US Coast Guard announces death of five Titanic submersible crew members. Thursday 22 June 2023 20:10, Ariana Baio
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