the United States relied heavily upon the Gato class—the first mass-produced submarine of World War II. The Americans built seventy of the Gato class (and derived the Balao and Tench class from ...

The Balao-class submarines sought to address some of the Gato-class shortcomings. Developed over the course of WWII, specifically between 1943 and 1945, the U.S. produced at least 120 Balao-class ...

The Balao-class submarines sought to address some of the Gato-class shortcomings. Developed over the course of WWII, specifically between 1943 and 1945, the U.S. produced at least 120 Balao-class ...

The day after the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor Gilmore was transferred to the Gato-class submarine USS Growler (SS-174). The boat's first war patrol was to the Aleutians, where, on the morning of ...

The submarine is perhaps the most effective ... of about 1,575 tons each just before and during World War II. The first T-class subs were 275 feet long and built with a distinctive bulbous bow ...

The Gato-Class Submarine of World War II – As early as 1620, inventors were experimenting with the concept of submersibles. Early designs were little more than novelties, and it would take ...

Gato-class submarines were a mainstay of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. They were diesel-electric submarines that displaced approximately 1,525 tons when surfaced and 2,424 tons when submerged.

The Navy has confirmed the discovery of the missing World War II submarine USS Albacore (SS-218) off Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island by a team of Japanese researchers. Albacore had ...

On the USS Barb’s final patrol of the war, the eight men in the photo had destroyed a Japanese locomotive, a most unusual kill for a Navy submarine. A few weeks earlier, the Gato-class submarine ...

MANITOWOC - A historic, decorated World War II submarine credited with sinking ... It's the first time the 310-foot-long Gato-class sub, launched in November of 1943 and first pressed into service ...

The day after the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor Gilmore was transferred to the Gato-class submarine USS Growler (SS-174). The boat’s first war patrol was to the Aleutians, where, on the morning ...