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At random: "The Turkish skipper of ex-USS Tang, when asked about the difference between the German designed and built replacement boats for their retiring ex-US boats, is reported to have said, "American submarines are built for war, German submarines are built for export."
5-9/10 history
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fortyrod
Posted 2018-05-09 3:04 AM (#89271)
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Subject: 5-9/10 history

5-10-1960 USS Triton (SSRN 586) completes submerged circumnavigation of world in 84 days following many of the routes taken by Magellan and cruising 46,000 miles.

An interesting article on Triton and Radar Picket subs
http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/Issues/Archives/issue_14/coldwar.html

Pacific 05/10/62: The USS Permit (SSN-594) is run over by the cargo ship Hawaiian Citizen while the Permit is on a submerged test run near the Farallon Islands 30 miles from San Francisco, California. A Navy spokesman said the only damage to the submarine was a bending of the doors to the conning tower. The crew had to force the doors open to raise the radio antenna to communicate with freighters standing by.
(Hhmm: Guess the sonar girls were asleep)
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