Class: Balao Submarine Launched: February 25, 1945 At: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut Modified: 1947 and 1962 (Guppy III) Commissioned: June 28, 1945 Length:(original) 311 feet, 8 inches; (Guppy III) 325 feet, 6 inches Beam: 27 feet, 2 inches Draft: 17 feet Displacement: (origi... read more
Type: Early Operational Submarine Launched: 1863 At: Mobile, Alabama Length: 39 feet, 5 inches Beam: 3 feet, 10 inches Operating crew: 8 men Displacement: 2 tons Submerged endurance: 2 hours Armament: 90-pound charge of black powder rammed into a copper cylinder and mounted o... read more
Class: Allen M. Sumner Destroyer Launched: November 21, 1943 At: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Commissioned: February 8, 1944 Length: 377 feet Beam: 41 feet Draft: 19 feet Displacement: 2,200 tons Armament: Six 5-inch/38 caliber guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes Address: P... read more
Class: Essex Aircraft Carrier Launched: January 21, 1943 At: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Commissioned: April 15, 1943 Length: 856 feet Beam:93 feet Draft: 30 feet Displacement: 33,292 tons Armament: 90 aircraft; twelve 5-inch/38 caliber guns (original); reduced to four ... read more