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  Science Fair Projects - USS Pollack (SS-180)
USS Pollack (SS-180), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
Pollack departed Pearl Harbor 2 May and was in waters of the Japanese home islands 12 May when she battle-surfaced to riddle a 600-ton patrol vessel with 3-inch and.50 caliber hits.
Pollack got underway from Pearl Harbor 28 February 1944 and battled heavy seas as she entered the assigned area of her ninth war patrol off Nanpo Shoto 18 March.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/USS_Pollack_(SS-180)   (1281 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Pollack (SS-180)
USS Pollack, a 1330-ton Perch class submarine, was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
USS West Virginia is in Drydock Number One, in the lower left, and USS California is alongside the wharf at the extreme right.
USS Pollack (SS-180) alongside a wharf at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 27 July 1937.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/ss180.htm   (980 words)

  
 The Fleet Boats
Even though a few boats had thier keels laid in 1939 and '40 they were not launched until 1941 so haven't made this list.
Panoramic photograph of USS Holland AS-3 moored at Bouy 19, San Diego harbor, California, in 1940, with eleven submarines alongside.
USS Richmond (CL-9), flagship of the Submarine Force, is in the right distance behind the Sargo.
www.rddesigns.com /subs/fleet.html   (145 words)

  
 Pollack
The first Pollack (SS–180) was laid down 1 October 1935 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; launched 15 September 1936; sponsored by Miss Anne Carter Lauman; and commissioned 15 January 1937, Lt. Clarence E. Aldrich in command.
Pollack, Gudgeon (SS–211) and Plunger (SS–179) departed Pearl Harbor 13 December and were off the coast of Honshu, Japan, a few hours before midnight 31 December, the first American submarines to reach Japanese waters in World War II.
Two days later she made a night surface attack and watched two torpedo hits blow 1,327-ton freighter Hakuyo Maru to pieces.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p9/pollack-i.htm   (1073 words)

  
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POLLACK Pollack: A food fish resembling the true Cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
Complement: 50 Armament: 1 3”; 6 21” torpedo tubes Class: PORPOISE The first POLLACK (SS-180) was laid down 1 October 1935 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; launched 15 September 1936; sponsored by Miss Anne Carter Lauman; and commissioned 15 January 1937, Lt. Clarence E. Aldrich in command.
POLLACK underwent a refit period at Brisbane, then got underway 6 October for exercises with minesweeper HMAS GEELONG until the 10th.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss180.txt   (1035 words)

  
 USS Pollack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Pollack, named in honor of the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
The first Pollack, (SS-180), was a Porpoise-class submarine, commissioned in 1937 and struck in 1946.
The second Pollack, (SSN-603), was a Permit-class submarine, commissioned in 1964 and struck in 1989.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Pollack   (142 words)

  
 Silent Service WWII
DVD
Featured on this DVD are five rare U.S. Navy films including a rare FULL COLOR film made in the WWII era showcasing the capabilities that led to America's triumph in the Pacific war.
Watch a rare, silent newsreel of the recovery of the USS Squalus and its crew after a diving accident.
See recruits train for action in the pre-war silent service, and watch rare color WWII combat footage as U.S. fleet boats enter Japanese home waters, operating with impunity and sinking everything in sight.
www.periscopefilm.com /sub1.html   (395 words)

  
 USS Pollack SSN603 - Reunions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Finally the original USS Pollack SS-180 and crew
"Pollack" was en route from Mare Island to Hawaii when the Japanese attacked 7 December, 1941 and she entered Pearl Harbor two days later.
POLLACK, GUDGEON (SS-211) and PLUNGER (SS-179) departed Pearl Harbor 13 December as the FIRST three US submarines to go on war patrol in World War Two and were off the coast of Honshu, Japan, a few hours before midnight 31 December, the FIRST American submarines to reach Japanese waters in World War II.
www.uss-pollack.org /ss180.html   (173 words)

  
 War Fish - Paperback / George Grider / Lydel Sims / Submarine Book Store
War Fish, George Grider, USS Wahoo SS-238, USS Flasher, USS Hawkbill, WWII Submarine
Grider was a lieutenant aboard the famous USS Wahoo (SS-238), and served under Commander 'Mush' Morton.
Grider was later transferred to USS Pollack (SS-180).
www.submarinebooks.com /WarFishPB.htm   (259 words)

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