It was pretty much a wild ass guess based on an hour or so poking around the internet. If it were a test i'd have failed miserably! :DL

Don't be so hard on yourself.....the correct answer was always the mission objective and in that you succeeded http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

Let us hope he doesn't ask for the crew lists next http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...lies/wacko.gif

No, no crew lists I am afraid.

A few weeks ago I was doing some research and came across the Radar Picket effort, especially in late 45. Pretty interesting stuff :yeah:

But yes the answer is the SSR-572 Salefish and SSR-573 Salmon. Radar Picket Submarines

They were 110 meters long making them the longest non-nuclear submarine post WWII

They remained the longest submarine in the US inventory until the launching of .........?

:D

USS Triton? (SSRN-586)

I wonder in what shape are these Japanese subs? Can they be raised? Are there pictures?

Righto.

I knew I could not get away with that question.

:salute:

Considering the method of scuttling--torpedo--they gotta be a bit messed up.

Yeah I guess so. Pity.

humm this ain't new news. i think back on 2006 they were first found.

Here's the the biggest and the best USN diesel submarine not another sub was ever designed or finished this big after she was launched in 1956.

USS Salmon SS-573(Sailfish class of two built as SSR)

http://www.theworldwideweather.com/contac4.gif

She was my first boat when I was 19 for two years back in 64 and 65

The way the story goes the USS Sailfish SS-572 was 350' long, but the USS Salmon measured out at 350' plus 6" to be the biggest of the two.


USS Sailfish SS-572

http://www.theworldwideweather.com/contac7.jpg


Of course the best came in 65 when Admiral Nitmiz himself awarded us the crew and officers and men of the USS Salmon the 5th Gold E award for battle efficency.

It all boils down to what Japan could've done, but wasn't able to do ... due to supply restrictions, bad commands, indesive behavior, etc.

I never had any doubt in my mind that we would have done our job well if there had of been a war to fight.

The mid sixties in the USN was exciting, because we didn't know where we were going. We just knew we had to get there.

geetrue, you've pointed one of the biggest oversights in SH4. If there are nurses waiting on the dock in SH3, why are there no hula girls waiting with baskets of leis in SH4? :D

:yeah: 136.4m

This one should be easy for you guys.

What was the name of the first US sub to have a teardrop shape?

USS Albacore (AGSS-569)

Greetings,
Catfish

P.S. will someone actually be able to see this national geographic documentation about the Japanese subs ? (not being shown in Germany arrgh)

We have a winner!