USS Cachalot (SS-170)
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USS Cachalot was a United States Navy submarine and the lead ship of her class, known as the "V-boats" and named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launch
USS Cachalot SS-170
Souvenir of the launch of the USS Cachalot
The United States' S-class submarines, often simply called S-boats, were the first class of submarines with a significant number built to United States Navy designs. They made up the bulk of the USN s
USS Cachalot (SS-170)
…brackets, support framing, and interior tankage were actually welded. Her sister, Cuttlefish (the first submarine built by Electric Boat since the S-class of 1925) had most of the outer hull and fuel tanks welded, while retaining riveting for the inner hull. Both were medium-sized submarines built under…
S-class submarine USS S-44 (SS-155) leaving Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, c. 1929
USS S-1 off Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 17 April 1920, while running sea trials
USS S-2 backing at low speed, probably off Bridgeport, Connecticut, at the time of her builders' trials in September 1919, many of the men standing on her deck are civilians
Portside view of USS S-3 on her trials, May 1919, notice the complete lack of an enclosed bridge fairwater, or her 4"/50 caliber gun, a features that were added later