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Balao-class Submarines
The ''Balao'' class is a design of United States Navy submarine that was used during World War II, and with 120 boats completed, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier , the boats had slight internal differences. The most significant improvement was the use of thicker, higher Yield (engineering), yield strength steel in the pressure hull skins and frames, which increased their test depth to . A Balao class submarine, the USS Tang (SS-306), USS Tang' actually achieved a depth of during a test dive, and exceeded that test depth when taking on water in the forward torpedo room while evading a destroyer. Design The ''Balao''s were similar to the ''Gato''s, except they were modified to increase test depth from to . In late 1941, two of the Navy's leading submarine designers, Captain Andrew McKee and Commander Armand Morgan, met to explore increasing diving depth in a redesigned ''Gato''. A switch to a new Yield (engineering), Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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USS Balao SS-285
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Battery (electricity)
An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices. When a battery is supplying power, its positive terminal is the cathode and its negative terminal is the anode. The terminal marked negative is the source of electrons. When a battery is connected to an external electric load, those negatively charged electrons flow through the circuit and reach the positive terminal, thus causing a redox reaction by attracting positively charged ions, or cations. Thus, higher energy reactants are converted to lower energy products, and the free-energy difference is delivered to the external circuit as electrical energy. Historically the term "battery" specifically referred to a device composed of multiple cells; however, the usage has evolved to include devices composed of a single cell. Primary (single-use or "disposable") batteries are used once and discarded, as the electrode mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fairwater (submarine)
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Bureau Of Ships
The United States Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on 20 June 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuC&R) and the Bureau of Engineering (BuEng). The new bureau was to be headed by a chief and deputy-chief, one selected from the Engineering Corps (Marine Engineer) and the other from the Construction Corps (Naval Architect). The chief of the former Bureau of Engineering, Rear Admiral Samuel M. "Mike" Robinson, was named BuShips' first chief, while the former chief of the Bureau of Construction & Repair, Rear Admiral Alexander H. Van Keuren, was named as BuShips' first Deputy-Chief. The bureau's responsibilities included supervising the design, construction, conversion, procurement, maintenance, and repair of ships and other craft for the Navy; managing shipyards, repair facilities, laboratories, and shore stations; developing specifications for fuels and lubricants; and conducting salvage operations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Andrew McKee
Rear Admiral Andrew I. McKee (February 17, 1896 – January 24, 1976) was a pioneer in modern submarine design and development. The destroyer was named for his maternal great-grandfather, Admiral James F. Schenck. McKee graduated from the United States Naval Academy at the top of his class in navigation and was commissioned an ensign in March 1917.Alden, John D., CDR USN "Andrew Irwin McKee, Naval Constructor" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' June 1979 p. 50 He served with USS ''Huntington'' until he severely injured both legs in a fall from the mast in August 1917. He was declared unfit for sea duty, and assigned first to the Naval Academy as a navigation and physics instructor, and then as the supervisory naval constructor at Bethlehem Steel Corporation Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, pending admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1921 he received a master's degree in naval architecture from MIT, and was assigned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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USS Pampanito (SS-383), Ship Scheme
USS ''Pampanito'' (SS-383/AGSS-383), a , is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971. She is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a memorial and museum ship in the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California. Construction and commissioning ''Pampanito''s keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, on 15 March 1943. She was launched on 12 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Violet Wolfenden, and commissioned on 6 November 1943. World War II After shakedown off New London, Connecticut, ''Pampanito'' transited the Panama Canal and arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 14 February 1944. First patrol, March - May 1944 ''Pampanito''s first war patrol, from 15 March to 2 May, was conducted in the southwest approaches to Saipan and Guam. She ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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USS Tang (SS-306)
USS ''Tang'' (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine, ''Balao''-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Tang (fish), Tang. She was built and launched in 1943, serving until being sunk by her own torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait on 24 October 1944. In her short career in the Pacific War, ''Tang'' sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tonnage, tons. Commander Richard O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements (23 and 24 October 1944). ''Tang'' was sunk during the last engagement by a Mark 14 torpedo#Circular runs, circular run of her final torpedo, going down in of water. 78 men were lost, and the 9 survivors were picked up by a Imperial Japanese Navy, Japanese frigate and taken prisoner of war. This was the only known time that a Momsen lung was used to escape a sunken submarine. Construction The contract to build USS ''Tang'' was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 15 December 1941, and her keel was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |