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  USS Seawolf (SSN-575) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Seawolf (SSN-575), a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look, was the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal (sodium) nuclear reactor.
Seawolf was operating from that port when she grounded off the coast of Maine on 30 January 1968.
Seawolf was deployed with the Sixth Fleet from 29 September to 21 December 1969.
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 USS Seawolf (SSN-21) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Seawolf (SSN-21), the lead ship of her class, is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and Newport News Shipbuilding on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989.
Seawolf was a product of the Cold War, designed as a replacement to the Los Angeles class submarines and as a response to the Soviet Akula class.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Seawolf_(SSN-21)   (287 words)

  
 USS Seawolf (SS-197)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Seawolf (SS-197), the second submarine of the United States Navy named for a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look, was launched 15 August 1939, and commissioned 1 December 1939.
Seawolf's tenth patrol was in the East China Sea[?] in August and September 1943; here she sank three large freighters and two sampans, while she damaged a third sampan.
USS Rowell (DE-403)[?] and an aircraft attacked a submarine in the vicinity of the attack on Shelton[?], having at that time no knowledge of any friendly submarines in the area, and it was thought that Seawolf must be held down by these antisubmarine activities.
www.termsdefined.net /us/uss-seawolf-(ss-197).html   (943 words)

  
 Patrick Robinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Seawolf was not at war, but a passing whale could have been forgiven for thinking she was.
The Navy was permitted to build only three of her class--Connecticut and USS Jimmy Carter were the others-before budget restraints caused the cancellation of these jet-fl emperors of the deep.
Seawolf was armed with a phalanx of Tomahawk land-attack missiles that could travel at almost 1,000 mph to a target 1,400 miles distant.
www.patrickrobinson.com /books/seawolf.html   (998 words)

  
 USS Seawolf II
Seawolf departed New London on 2 April for her shakedown cruise off Bermuda and returned on 8 May. Between 16 May and 5 August, she made two voyages to Key West and participated in intensive training exercises.
Seawolf returned to General Dynamics Corp., on 12 December 1958 for refueling and conversion of her power plant from a sodium cooled to a pressurized water cooled reactor and was out of commission until 30 September 1960.
Seawolf operated along the east coast until 9 November 1970 when her home port was changed to Vallejo, Calif., and she sailed for the west coast.
www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/seawolfII.html   (699 words)

  
 USS Seawolf I
Seawolf (SS-197) was laid down on 27 September 1938 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched on 15 August 1939; sponsored by Mrs.
Seawolf departed Manila on 31 December 1941 for Australia and arrived at Port Darwin on 9 January 1942.
Seawolf and Narwhal (SS-167) exchanged radar recognition signals at 0756 on 3 October in the Morotai area.
www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/seawolfI.html   (1287 words)

  
 Seawolf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Seawolf (SS-28), was commissioned in 1913 and ran aground and was lost at sea in 1920.
USS Seawolf (SS-197), was commissioned in 1939 and lost at sea in 1944.
USS Seawolf (SSN-21) is a United States Navy nuclear attack submarine, commissioned in 1997 and the namesake for Seawolf class submarines.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Seawolf.htm   (176 words)

  
 USS Seawolf: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Seawolf
The second USS Seawolf (SS-197) was successful during World War II until she was lost, possibly sunk by friendly fire.
The third USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal (sodium) nuclear reactor.
The fourth USS Seawolf (SSN-21) is the lead ship of her class.
www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Seawolf.html   (129 words)

  
 CAVALLA WEBSITE - USS Cavalla SS-244 in Galveston Texas
The USS Cavalla is berthed in Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas as a memorial to the lost submarine USS Seawolf.
Gulf coast locals usually refer to the Cavalla as the "Seawolf", mistaking the name of the memorial park for that of the submarine on exhibit there.
Cavalla is currently enjoying a renaissance; volunteer efforts are at a ten year high, the local press has covered her history and renovation, and efforts are underway to bring her back to the proud state her crews maintained.
www.cavalla.org   (275 words)

  
 USS Seawolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Four submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Seawolf, for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look.
The first Seawolf, renamed H-1 (SS-28) before launching, was the lead ship of her class.
The third Seawolf (SSN-575) was the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal (sodium) nuclear reactor.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Seawolf   (198 words)

  
 Naval Technology - SSN Seawolf Class - Attack Submarine
The Seawolf was conceived as a faster, better-armed eventual replacement for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines.
The first of class, the Seawolf (SSN21), was ordered from the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Connecticut, in January 1989 and commissioned in July 1997.
With the end of the Cold War and the change of emphasis to littoral operations, the cost of the Seawolf submarines was judged prohibitive and the programme was curtailed in favour of the smaller and cheaper Virginia Class New Attack submarines.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/seawolf   (864 words)

  
 USS Seawolf (SS-28)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Seawolf (SS-28) was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look.
A Mare Island Naval Shipyard repair ship, USS Vestal[?] pulled the H-1 off the rocks on 24 March 1920, only to have her sink 45 minutes later in 50 feet of water.
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 USS Seawolf SS 197   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Seawolf SS 197 Officers and Crew Aug. 5, 1940, Portsmouth, NH Picture and Information provided by Karl J. Kramer who's uncle L. (Bob) Parden was a plankowner of Seawolf.
USS SEAWOLF (SS-197), under the command of LCdr A.M. Bontier, left Brisbane on 21 September 1944 beginning her 15th patrol, and arrived at Manus on 29 September.
USS ROWELL and an aircraft attacked a submarine in the vicinity of the attack on SHELTON, having at that time no knowledge of any friendly submarines in the area, and it was thought that SEAWOLF must be held down by these antisubmarine activities.
www.rddesigns.com /subs/197.html   (555 words)

  
 USS Seawolf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The first Seawolf, renamed (Click link for more info and facts about H-1) H-1 (SS-28) before launching, was the (Click link for more info and facts about lead ship) lead ship of her class.
The fourth (Click link for more info and facts about Seawolf) Seawolf (SSN-21) is the (Click link for more info and facts about lead ship) lead ship of (Click link for more info and facts about her class) her class.
She was commissioned in 1997 and is on active service (Click link for more info and facts about as of 2004) as of 2004.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Seawolf2.htm   (267 words)

  
 Seawolf class submarine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The second nuclear-powered submarine, USS Seawolf (SSN-575)USS ''Seawolf'' (SSN-575), which served from the early 1950s through 1987/, was unique, and so can be considered the lead boat of the "''Seawolf'' (SSN-575) class".
The ''USS Jimmy Carter'' is roughly 100 feet (30 m) longer than the other two ships of her class due to the insertion of a section known as the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), which allows launch and recovery of Remotely operated vehicleROVs and Navy SEAL/ forces.
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)USS ''Jimmy Carter'' (SSN-23), was modified to replace USS Parche (SSN-683)USS ''Parche''/ in a special operations role.
www.infothis.com /find/Seawolf_class_submarine   (401 words)

  
 BWN SSBN 726 Ohio
The Seawolf features a strengthened sail, designed to permit operations under the polar ice cap for taking the fight to the Soviets in their own front yard.
Seawolf (SSN 21) was commissioned on 19 July 1997 at Electric Boat Shipyard.
The resin parts consists of the hull which is a solid one-piece hunk of resin with all the detail cast in including the sensor bulges on the sides of the boat.
www.steelnavy.com /BWNssn21.htm   (819 words)

  
 U.S. Submarine Classes
This is the USS James K. Polk (SSN 645), assigned to Submarine Squadron SIX and homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
Rapidly being phased out in favor of the LOS ANGELES and SEAWOLF Classes of attack submarines, this venerable and flexible workhorse of the submarine attack fleet brought the Cold War home to the enemies of freedom for over 25 years and continues to operate in the forward areas of the world to this day.
Of these, the final 23 hulls, referred to as "688I" (for improved), are quieter, incorporate an advanced combat system, and are configured for under-ice operations in that their forward diving planes have been moved from the sail structure to the bow and the sail has been strengthened for breaking through ice.
www.milnet.com /pentagon/subclass.htm   (1612 words)

  
 USS Seawolf (SSN 21)
USS SEAWOLF is the first ship of a revolutionary new class of fast attack submarines.
USS SEAWOLF is the third ship of the Navy to bear this name.
The name of this ship was never officially confirmed because the name was given by Admiral Watkins who wanted to return to the old tradition that attack submarines should be named after animals living in the oceans.
united-states-navy.com /ssn/ssn21.htm   (244 words)

  
 USS SEAWOLF (SS 197)
USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) was commissioned 1 December 1939 with LCDR Frederick B. Warder in command.
During her 14 wartime patrols, USS SEAWOLF sank 27 and damaged 13 enemy ships for a total ships sunk tonnage of 108,600 and 69,600 for ships damaged.
Unaware of other friendly submarines in the area, the USS ROWELL (SS403) and U. aircraft had attacked a submarine in the vicinity of the SHELTON, and it was thought that SEAWOLF must be held down by these antisubmarine operations.
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 Under way on Nuclear Power   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After acceptance, USS Seawolf (SSN 575) operated as an active unit of the Atlantic Fleet and on 6 Oct. 1958, completed record-breaking 60-day submerged run, traveling a distance of more than 13,000 miles submerged with completely sealed atmosphere.
USS TRITON (SSN 586) was designed to be fast enough to operate with a fast carrier task force.One of the largest submarines ever built, Triton is 447 feet long, displaces more than 7700 tons submerged, and carries a crew of approximately 170.
USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN 608) was the first ballistic missile submarine to be designed from the keel up as an FBM submarine.
www.rddesigns.com /saga/nucs.html   (3925 words)

  
 Submarines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709) is the only Los Angeles class submarine not named for a city.
USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) is the namesake ship in her highly capable class of fast attack submarines.
USS Seawolf (SSN 21) during her initial sea-trials.
www.cnrc.navy.mil /nucfield/media/submarin.htm   (186 words)

  
 Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
During Seawolf's initial sea trials it was learned that her torpedo tubes would not operate correctly at high speeds.
In addition to our speed and long sea legs, Seawolf also has some tremendous capabilities in its fire-control system--a completely integrated sonar, fire control, and navigation system that is very deep in redundant features and easily reconfigured should there be a fault in any particular section of the system.
Seawolf's flexibility, speed, stealth, mobility, and firepower are indispensable if the United States is to dominate the undersea battlespace--today and tomorrow.
www.navyleague.org /sea_power/july_02_09.php   (3628 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Navy commissions USS Jimmy Carter, last of the Seawolves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The USS Jimmy Carter, the most heavily armed attack submarine built, officially entered the Navy's fleet on Saturday in a commissioning ceremony steeped in tradition.
The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class, three huge, deep-diving boats the Pentagon ordered as the Cold War neared its end in the early 1990s.
The first boat in the class, the USS Seawolf, was commissioned in 1997.
www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/02/19/navy_commissions_uss_jimmy_carter_last_of_the_seawolves   (690 words)

  
 USS SEAWOLF (SSN 21)
USS Seawolf (SSN 21) is the successor to two previous Seawolf-named subs.
The era of extended submerged operations by nuclear submarines was launched by USS Seawolf on a cruise from 7 August to 6 October 1958, when she remained submerged, totally independent of the surface and atmosphere for 60 days.
USS Seawolf remained active in the fleet until decommissioned on 30 March 1987.
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 U.S. Navy - Seawolf is commissioned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The fastest, quietest, most heavily armed nuclear-powered attack submarine in the world, Seawolf (SSN 21), will be commissioned during a ceremony at 11 a.m.
Seawolf is the first "top to bottom" new attack submarine design since the Skipjack-class in the early 1960s.
As the Navy continues to operate "Forward...From the Sea," Seawolf's flexibility and impressive capabilities provide the Navy with an undersea weapons platform to operate in any scenario against any threat— from under arctic ice to shallow water.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/submarines/seawolf/cwolfcom.html   (187 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Seawolf (SS-197)
USS Seawolf, a 1450-ton Sargo class submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, was commissioned at the beginning of December 1939.
Following a shakedown cruise to the Caribbean area she was sent to the West Coast and, later in 1940, went on to Manila to join the Asiatic Fleet.
Seawolf left Brisbane on her fifteenth patrol in September, assigned to take U.S. Army agents and supplies to Samar, in the Philippines.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ss197.htm   (806 words)

  
 USS SEAWOLF HISTORY Continued
From 1965 to 1967, SEAWOLF was again refueled and upgraded to the new submarine quality assurance requirements that were set in place after the USS THRESHER (SSN 593) tragedy.
On November 17, 1970, SEAWOLF transited the Panama Canal coinciding with her change of home port from Groton, Connecticut to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for conversion to a special project platform.
USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575) was decommissioned on March 30, 1987.
www.ssn575.com /ssn575/uss_seawolf_history_continued.htm   (524 words)

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