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  Encyclopedia: USS Sirago (SS-485)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Tench (SS-417), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tench, a Eurasian freshwater fish related to the dace and noted for its ability to survive out of water.
USS Unicorn (SS-436), a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be given that name for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn.
USS Comber (SS-527), a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the comber, a fish found in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the eastern Atlantic as far north as the British Isles.
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 USS Turbot (SS-427) article - USS Turbot (SS-427) Balao-class submarine United States Navy 13 November 1943 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Turbot (SS-427), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food.
Her keel was laid down on 13 November 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.
Her partially completed hulk was later launched and, in 1950, was assigned to the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Annapolis, Maryland, where it was used for research and development in connection with the control and reduction of machinery noise in submarines.
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 USS Turbot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Turbot for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food.
The first Turbot (SS-31), which served before World War I, was renamed G-3 before she was launched.
The second Turbot (SS-427) was a Balao-class submarine that had not been completed at the end of World War II.
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 USS Turbot (SS-427) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Her keel was laid down on 13 November 1943 at (additional info and facts about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the (additional info and facts about Cramp Shipbuilding Company) Cramp Shipbuilding Company, but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.
Her partially completed hulk was later (additional info and facts about launched) launched and, in 1950, was assigned to the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, (additional info and facts about Annapolis, Maryland) Annapolis, Maryland, where it was used for research and development in connection with the control and reduction of machinery noise in submarines.
See (additional info and facts about USS Turbot) USS Turbot for other ships of the same name.
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 USS PAMPANITO - The Restoration
USS Roncador, a failed exhibit in Long Beach, was scrapped in 1983 and the Navy allowed historic submarine operators to remove needed items before she was transferred to the scrapper.
Equipment was also removed from USS Blenny (SS-324) before she was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Maryland, USS Turbot (SS-427) before she was scrapped and USS Sailfish (SS-572).
A mount for the weapon was jury rigged from a older bell type mount and an incomplete tripod mount.
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 USS Tunny - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tunny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Tunny - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tunny.
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Tunny, for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel.
* The second USS Tunny (SSN-682), a Sturgeon-class submarine, served during the last years of the Cold War.
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 USS Dorado (SS-526) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Dorado (SS-526) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.
See (additional info and facts about USS Dorado) USS Dorado for other ships of the same name.
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 USS Conger (SS-477) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Conger (SS-477) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Her keel was laid down on 11 July 1944 by the (additional info and facts about Portsmouth Naval Shipyard) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
She was decommissioned on 29 July 1963, struck from the (additional info and facts about Naval Vessel Register) Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1963, and sold for scrapping in May 1964.
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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Philippine Sea, after the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Saipan, after the island of Saipan, one of the Northern Mariana Islands that was a scene of heavy fighting in World War II.
Ustad Allah Rakha (April 29, 1919 - February 3, 2000) was a master of the tabla, a classical Hindustani instrument.
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13-Nov-43; Keel is laid for the USS Turbot (SS 427)
19-Nov-43; USS Sculpin (SS-191) was lost on 19-Nov-1943 with the loss of 40 (61) officers and men when it was sunk north of Groluk Island near Truk.
30-Nov-83; USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN 610) is decommissioned In 1902 the USS Adder (SS-3) is equipped with an 8-foot non-rotating periscope.
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 USS Turbot - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Turbot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
USS Turbot - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Turbot.
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 USS PAMPANITO - Restoration
Perhaps the best single source was when we discovered that the last of the fleet boats, USS Turbot (SS-427) was at a research facility in Maryland.
Turbot was about eighty percent complete when the war ended and she was never finished.
Instead she was used as a test platform for developing technology for a number of years.
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 USN Ships -- by Hull Number: SS -- Submarines, numbered from SS-400 through SSBN-599
SS -- Submarines, numbered from SS 400 through SSBN 599
This page provides the hull numbers of all U.S. Navy submarines numbered in the SS series from SS-400 through SSBN-599, with links to those ships with photos available in the Online Library.
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures provided in the "Online Library of Selected Images" are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.
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 Annapolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mackerel was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 18 October 1978.
USS Turbot (SS-427) USS Turbot (SS-427), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food.
Her keel was laid down on 13 November 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 19
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 Uss Tench on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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Read about ss 417 in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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 DANFS Online: Submarines
Numbering: Most submarines are numbered in a single series, designated "SS", with variations including SSN, SSBN, AGSS, etc. Some specialized types were numbered in separate SSK (hunter-killer), SST (training), SC (cruiser), SF (fleet) and SM (minelaying) series.
Some of these specialist types were later renumbered in the standard SS series.
The remaining ships will be added in due time.
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