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 USS Tullibee (SS-284) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Tullibee (SS-284), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, a whitefish of central and northern North America.
On 2 January 1944, Tullibee sighted a Japanese I class submarine on the surface and fired four torpedoes at a range of 3000 yards.
Tullibee was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 July 1944; Kuykendall survived as a prisoner of war and was released after V-J Day.
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 USS Tullibee
The first Tullibee (SS-284) was laid down on 1 April 1942 at Mare Island Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard, launched on il November 1942, sponsored by Mrs.
Tullibee held shakedown training from 8 to 30 April and departed for Hawaii on 8 May. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 16 May and held further training exercises in Hawaiian waters.
Tullibee closed the range to 2,700 yards; fired one torpedo at the ship on the right and three at the vessel on the left.
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 Eternal Patrol - USS Tullibee (SS-284)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
The area assigned to Tullibee was an open sea area north of Palau, and she was to cooperate with surface forces in the first carrier strike on Palau.
Tullibee was to leave her area not later than 24 April 1944, and on that date a dispatch was sent directing her to proceed to Majuro for refit.
The USS Tullibee was sunk by one of her own torpedoes off of the Caroline Islands on March 26, 1944 with 79 submariners lost.
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 USS Tullibee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Tullibee.
USS Tullibee (SS-284) was lost on March 26, 1944 with 79 men lost.
USS Tullibee (SSN-597), a unique submarine, was a deeper-diving, ultraquiet submarine equipped with long-range sonar.
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 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Thresher - sunk in an accident in 1963
USS Merrimac - a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
Sank the USS Housatonic with its spar-mounted torpedo, but was sunk during or soon after the same battle, with all hands on board.
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 USS Tullibee II
The second Tullibee (SSN-597) was laid down on 26 May 1968 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Div.
Following one Caribbean cruise in the fall of 1974, Tullibee departed New London on 28 April 1975 for her second deployment to the 6th Fleet.
Tullibee received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for her service with the 6th Fleet.
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 KingsBayPeriscope.com: WWII sub remembered 08/07/03
Clifford Kuykendall was the sole survivor of the sinking of USS Tullibee in 1944.
Tullibee was a World War II submarine sunk after being hit by one of its own torpedoes.
The granite monument honoring he Tullibee sits in the shadow of the Mississippi Vietnam Memorial in Ocean Springs and the mast from the nuclear-powered cruiser USS Mississippi.
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 Nuclear Submarines
The USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was decommissioned on March 30, 1987 (USS Seawolf (SSN-575) (2)).
The USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) was decommissioned on August 12, 1991,and the USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) was on October 1, 1994.
The USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) and all of the Los Angeles-class submarines have an enormous length of 360 feet, and a width of thirty-three feet.
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 USS Tullibee (SSN 597)
USS TULLIBEE was specially designed as a quiet hunter-killer for use in narrow waters.
USS TULLIBEE was laid down on 26 May 1958 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Div.
TULLIBEE subsequently participated in sonar evaluation tests with destroyer HMS MATAPAN (D 43) in the Caribbean in two separate deployments between April and June 1976, before undergoing another extended upkeep period.
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Tullibee held shakedown training from 8 to 30 April and departed for Hawaii on 8 May. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 May and held further training exercises in Hawaiian waters.
Tullibee sighted the carrier there on the 25th, close ashore and well protected by escorts and aircraft.
He reports that the boat arrived on station, March 25, and on the night of March 26 radar contact was found to be on a convoy consisting of a large troop and cargo ship, two medium sized freighters, two escort vessels and a large destroyer.
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 USS Tulagi (CVE-72) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tulagi (CVE-72)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Tulagi (CVE-72) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tulagi (CVE-72).
USS Tulagi (CVE-72) was laid down on 7 June 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, USA, by the Kaiser Co., Inc., as Fortazela Bay (ACV-72); and redesignated CVE-72 on 15 July 1943.
However, her name was corrected to read Fortaleza Bay on 19 October 1943, and the ship was renamed Tulagi on 6 November 1943; launched on 15 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
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 United States Naval reactor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, put to sea in 1955.
Nautilus led to the parallel development of further (Skate-class) submarines, powered by single reactors, and an aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, powered by eight reactor units in 1960.
A cruiser, USS Long Beach, followed in 1961 and was powered by two of these early units.
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 USS Tullibee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Tullibee (SSN-597) was the result of "Project Nobska," a study ordered in 1956 by Admiral Arleigh Burke, then CNO, from the Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National Academy of Sciences.
The contract to build Tullibee was awarded to the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut on November 15, 1957.
Construction began May 26, 1958, she was launched on April 27, 1960, and commissioned on November 9, 1960.
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 Ship-Submarine recycling program explained   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Prior to that event, the vessel referred to as "USS Name," but afterward the "USS" is dropped and it is referred to as "ex-''Name''." Defueling of submarines is carried out at five ship repair facilities on the West Coast, and the hulks are then towed to PSNS.
The USS Sam Rayburn is scheduled to operate as an MTS until 2014 while undergoing shipyard availabilities at four year intervals.
They knew that the distance was such as he respected his ardent love for her and his children.
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 Submarine Technology thru the Years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
The USS Skate was the lead ship of the first production class of four nuclear propelled submarines and was the first submarine to surface at the North Pole.
The USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN 685) was the U.S. Navy’s second prototype design using a turbo-electric power plant similar to the Tullibee.
Commissioned on July 19, 1997, the USS Seawolf (SSN 21) is the latest submarine to enter the fleet, and the first completely new design in approximately thirty years.
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 USS Tullibee (SS-284) - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Tullibee (SS-284), off the coast of Mare Island, California
USS Tullibee (SS-284), a Gato-class submarine">Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, a whitefish of central and northern North America.
Tullibee’s third patrol was in a wolf pack with sister ships Halibut (SS-232)">Halibut (SS-232) and Haddock (SS-231)">Haddock (SS-231).
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 DANFS: USS Tullibee (SS-284)
The first Tullibee (SS-284) was laid down on 1 April 1942 at Mare Island Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard, launched on 11 November 1942, sponsored by Mrs.
As they had been set to run at a depth of 16 feet--too deep for the draft of the largest target--none of the torpedoes exploded.
The enemy saw the wakes and combed tie four of them as Tullibee was forced deep by an enemy floatplane which dropped six bombs.
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 USS Tullibee - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Tullibee (SS-284)">USS Tullibee (SS-284) was lost on March 26, 1944 with 79 men lost.
Tullibee (SSN-597)">USS Tullibee (SSN-597), a unique submarine, was a deeper-diving, ultraquiet submarine equipped with long-range sonar.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 The Dolphin - News - 03/24/2005 - USS Tullibee (SS 284) March 26, 1944 - 79 Men Lost
On March 5, 1944, USS Tullibee (SS 284), commanded by Cmdr. C.
The following story of Tullibee's loss is taken from a statement made by the lone survivor, C. Kuykendall, GM2C.
The story of his captivity is much the same as the stories of survivors of USS Grenadier (SS 210), USS Sculpin (SS 191), USS Tang (SS 306), USS Perch (SS 176) and other U.S. submarines.
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 USS Holland (SS-1) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Holland (SS-1) was the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy's second (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarine, named for her inventor, (Click link for more info and facts about John Philip Holland) John Philip Holland.
Her purchaser was required to put up $5,000 bond as assurance that the submarine would be broken up and not used as a ship.
See (Click link for more info and facts about USS Holland) USS Holland for other ships of this name.
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 USS Tullibee - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tullibee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
USS Tullibee - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tullibee.
Here you will find more informations about USS Tullibee.
The orginal USS Tullibee article can be editet
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 USN Ships--USS Tullibee (SS-284)
USS Tullibee, a 1525-ton Gato class submarine built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, was commissioned in mid-February 1943.
In mid-December 1943 Tullibee left Pearl Harbor for her third war patrol, as a member of a three-submarine "wolf pack".
On the 26th of that month, while attacking a convoy, USS Tullibee was sunk when one of her own torpedoes apparently circled back and hit her.
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 USS TULLIBEE
On March 5, 1944, TULLIBEE, commanded by Cmdr. C.F. Brindupke, departed Pearl Harbor to start her fourth war patrol.
The following story of TULLIBEE’s loss is taken from a statement made by the lone survivor, C.W. Kuykendall, GM2c.
Son her third patrol, in the Marianas area, TULLIBEE sank a small freighter.
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 Welcome to USS Tullibee - SSN 597
In 2000 the US Navy?s Submarine Force celebrates its centennial, commemorating the launch of SS 1 USS Holland, in 1900.
The Confederate States Navy launched the CSS Hunley, a submersible hand-propelled craft with a crew of eight, all of whom perished with their only victim, the USS Housatonic.
The submarine force today consists both of attack submarines, fulfilling the traditional submarine role, and ballistic missile submarines, which provide an undersea platform for ballistic missiles.
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 SubRon 7A Patrol Report Log   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Narrative: 13 October 1943: 130330- Arrived in the northeastern section of the patrol chart.
Intend to sail on the outer edge down longitude 143* 48’E to avoid the submarines in the other sectors to latitude 35* 53’N, the northern boundary of our op-sector.
160928- With one Light Cruiser of the Kuma class and nine escorts and three planes, Tullibee fired three electric torpedoes at the Light Cruiser range 2844 yards and 23 knots, also fired three steam torpedoes at the target.
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Loss of USS TULLIBEE (SS-284) The USS TULLIBEE (SS-284) was built by the Mare Island Navy Yard and commissioned on 15 February 1943.
TULLIBEE held shakedown training from 8 to 30 April and departed for Hawaii on 8 May. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 May 1943 and held further training exercises in Hawaiian waters.During her next few war patrols, TULLIBEE had several successful encounters with the enemy.
On 26 March, TULLIBEE made radar contact on a convoy consisting of a large passenger-cargo ship, two medium-sized freighters, a destroyer and two other escorts.
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 USS Tullibee (SSN 597) Official Home Page
The Official USS Tullibee Web Site was last updated on November 11, 2003
The award is given to web sites that provide outstanding content, functionality, graphics and usefulness to the general public.
It is an honor to receive this award and it would not have been possible without the support and praise of the many Tullibee Veterans
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 A History of the Submarines Built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-12)
Lower: Cover commemorating 50th anniversary of loss of Tullibee, cachet design by Robert Quintero, Detroit, Michigan hand stamp cancel.
On March 26, 1944 fired two torpedoes at a Japanese transport ship, one torpedo ran circular course and struck Tullibee, sinking her.
One crewman survived the war as a POW to tell the story.
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