USS Dolphin (SS-169)
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USS Dolphin, a submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for that aquatic mammal. She also bore the name V-7 and the classifications SF-10 and SC-3 p
USS Dolphin underway on the surface.
Dolphin at the Underwater Sound School, Hawaii, circa 1940. Note motor boat aft of the sail.
Cachalot-class submarine
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The Cachalot-class submarines were a pair of medium-sized submarines of the United States Navy built under the tonnage limits of the London Naval Treaty of 1930. They were originally named V-8 and V-9
USS Dolphin (SS-169)
…USS Dolphin underway on the surface. Class overview Name Dolphin -class submarine Preceded by Narwhal class Succeeded by Cachalot class History United States Name USS Dolphin Namesake Dolphin Builder Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine Laid down 14 June 1930 Launched 6 March 1932…
USS Cachalot (SS-170) the lead boat of the class