About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: USS Comber, USS Volador, USS Tench, USS Thornback, USS Tigrone, USS Trutta, USS Tirante, USS Torsk, USS Requin, USS Remora, USS Argonaut, USS Toro, USS Odax, USS Sea Leopard, USS Pickerel, USS Cutlass, USS Amberjack, USS Grenadier, USS Quillback, USS Pomodon, USS Medregal, USS Sirago, USS Grampus, USS Diablo, USS Irex, USS Spinax, USS Runner, USS Sarda, USS Corsair, Tench class submarine, USS Conger, USS Unicorn, USS Walrus, USS Pompano, USS Needlefish, USS Tiburon, USS Wahoo, USS Sculpin, USS Grayling, USS Dorado, USS Sea Panther, USS Chicolar. Excerpt: Submerged: USS Volador (SS-490), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the volador. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1945, but work on her construction was discontinued in January 1946. Her unfinished hulk remained on the ways until August 1947 when construction resumed, now including GUPPY II enhancements to the basic Tench design. Volador was launched on 21 May 1948 sponsored by Mrs. Dudley W. Morton, and commissioned on 1 October 1948, with Commander H. A. Thompson in command. Volador completed her builder's trials on 20 January 1949, left Portsmouth three days later, and stopped at Newport, Rhode Island, and New London, Connecticut, before sailing for the Gulf of Mexico on 5 February. Volador arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 11 February and proceeded to the West Coast, via Galveston, Texas, and the Panama Canal, and arrived at San Diego, California, on 11 March. The submarine conducted local operations along the California coast between San Diego, California, and San Francisco, California, until she departed San Diego on 13 October, bound for Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 November but returned to San Diego on...
