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 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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Commissioned in 1941, the USS Silversides sank 23 ships over its 14 war patrols, making it one of the most successful American submarines from World War II. The Gato-class submarine measures 312 ...