2 Japanese Subs Are Found in Waters Off Hawaii

Platapus · 11-15-09, 09:51 AM

To be accurate, these submarines (there were only two) were refitted and later in their career they were reclassified as attack submarines, but that's not what they were originally built for.

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August · 11-15-09, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

To be accurate, these submarines (there were only two) were refitted and later in their career they were reclassified as attack submarines, but that's not what they were originally built for.

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USS Sailfish and USS Salmon?

Jimbuna · 11-15-09, 02:01 PM

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You've got me wondering now if the two boats I'm thinking of are the correct vessels

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USS Sailfish and USS Salmon?

Thanks August....was waiting to see if someone else would come in.....you missed the reason for building though....'radar pickets'

August · 11-15-09, 04:29 PM

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!

Jimbuna · 11-15-09, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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!

Don't be so hard on yourself.....the correct answer was always the mission objective and in that you succeeded

Let us hope he doesn't ask for the crew lists next

Platapus · 11-15-09, 08:01 PM

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

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 .........?

Torplexed · 11-15-09, 08:20 PM

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

USS Triton? (SSRN-586)

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	To be accurate, these submarines (there were only two) were refitted and later in their career they were reclassified as attack submarines, but that's not what they were originally built for. nb Woot 4k posts! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	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 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 .........? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.