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40 Cards in this Set
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Bushnell's Turtle
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Used in 1776 v. HMS Eagle
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CSS Hunley
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First submarine to sink enemy warship in 1864.
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USS Holland
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Launched 12OCT1900.
First USN sub. |
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"S" Boats 105 - 162
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Launched: 26OCT1918
Most modern during WWI. |
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GATAO
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Launched: 08/21/1941
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BALAO
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Launched: 10/27/1942
Dove 100ft. deeper than GATAO Largest WWII class |
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TENCH
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Launched: 07/07/1944
"Guppied" ships |
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NARWHAL
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Launched: 03/15/1930
Docked at Pearl Harbor during attack. |
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NAUTILUS
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Launched: 03/15/1930
First war patrol: 05/14/1942 Last war patrol 01/1945 PUC, 14 battle stars Present at Midway |
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During WWII, sub force comprised __% of the Navy and contributed to __% of enemy sinkings.
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2%, 50%.
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FLASHER
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Sank >100k tons of enemy shipping
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MK14 Torpedo
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Most widely used torpedo in WWII.
Sank 5million tons of shipping in 1944. |
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SS 571 USS Nautilus
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First nuclear sub.
Keel laid 06/15/1952 by Pres. Truman. Launched 01/21/1954 by First Lady Eisenhower. "Underway on nuclear power" 01/17/1955. 08/08/1958, traveled under Arcitce ice to reach North Pole. |
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SKATE
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Launched: 05/16/1957
Built around existing hulls Surfaced at North Pole in 1959. |
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SKIPJACK
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Launched: 05/26/1958
Marriage of ALBACORE and reactor. |
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PERMIT
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Launched: 07/01/1961
First to launch "SUBROCK" |
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GORGE WASHINGTON
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Launched: 06/09/1959
First SSBN |
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ETHAN ALLEN
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Launched: 11/22/1960
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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Launched: 12/05/1964
Bulk of strategic SSBN force. |
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David Bushnell
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Invented TURTLE.
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John P. Holland
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Designed modern submarines.
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Simon Lake
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Designed many of the ideas to make subs better.
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William Raborn
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Developed SSBN system.
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ADM. Hyman Rickover
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Father of the nuclear navy.
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John P. Cromwell
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Died on USS Sculpin on 11/19/1943
"I know too much." |
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Samuel D. Dealy
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Sank > 15k tons
Damaged > 27k tons Died on USS Harder, 08/24/1945 |
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Eugene B. Fluckey
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Sank 16 ships, >95k tons
Most by any skipper in WWII |
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Howard W. Gilmore
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Died on USS Growler, 02/07/1943
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Richard H. O'Kane
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Captured by Japanese forces on the USS Tang 09/24/1944
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Lawson P. Ramage
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Sank a lot of ships in 46 minutes.
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George L. Street III
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Snuck into Japanese harbor and sunk some ships in 1945.
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STURGEON
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Launched: 02/26/1966
SSN |
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LOS ANGELES
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Launched: 04/06/1974
SSN |
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SEAWOLF
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Launched: 06/24/1995
SSN |
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MK48 ADCAP Torpedo
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Used by SSN's to attack surface targets.
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Tomahawk Missile
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Used to attack land targets.
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SLMM
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Submarine launched mobile mine
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CAPTOR
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EnCAPsulated TORpedo.
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OHIO
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Launched: 04/07/1979
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How long after a submarine's keel is laid is a sub commissioned?
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5 years.
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