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61 relations: American 21 inch torpedo, Annapolis, Maryland, Anthology series, Bermuda, Broadcast syndication, Caribbean Sea, Ceremonial ship launching, Cuba, Diesel–electric transmission, East China Sea, Edward L. Beach Jr., Endicott Peabody, George L. Street III, Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Japan, Jeju City, Jeju Island, Key West, Kittery, Maine, Korea, Long Island Sound, Medal of Honor, Mediterranean Sea, Midway Atoll, Nagasaki, NATO, Naval Vessel Register, Navy Cross, New London, Connecticut, Oahu, Panama, Pearl Harbor, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Pre-Commissioning Unit, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Service star, Shanghai, Ship commissioning, Staten Island, Submarine, Submarine snorkel, Television, Tench-class submarine, The Silent Service (TV series), Theo Marcuse, Tirante, Torpedo tube, ..., Tsushima Strait, United States, United States Naval Institute, United States Navy, USS Tench (SS-417), Washington Navy Yard, Westport, Connecticut, Wolfpack (naval tactic), World War II, Yangtze, Yellow Sea. Expand index (11 more) »
American 21 inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21 inch torpedoes in service with the United States.
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Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County.
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Anthology series
An anthology series is a radio, television or book series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season/series.
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Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Broadcast syndication
Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.
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Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe; Mer des Caraïbes; Caraïbische Zee) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.
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Diesel–electric transmission
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is used by a number of vehicle and ship types for providing locomotion.
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East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China.
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Edward L. Beach Jr.
Edward Latimer Beach Jr. (April 20, 1918 – December 1, 2002), nicknamed "Ned", was a highly decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best-selling author.
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Endicott Peabody
Endicott Peabody (February 15, 1920 – December 2, 1997) was an American politician from Massachusetts.
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George L. Street III
George Levick Street III (July 27, 1913 – February 26, 2000) was a submariner in the United States Navy.
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Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program
The Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) was initiated by the United States Navy after World War II to improve the submerged speed, maneuverability, and endurance of its submarines.
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Guam
Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jeju City
Jeju (Jeju-si) is the capital of Jeju Province in South Korea and the largest city on Jeju Island.
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Jeju Island
Jeju Island (Hangul: 제주도, Jejudo; previously Cheju-do) is the largest island off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, and the main island of Jeju Province of South Korea.
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Key West
Key West (Cayo Hueso) is an island and city in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent, at the southwesternmost end of the roadway through the Florida Keys in the state of Florida, United States.
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Kittery, Maine
Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States.
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Korea
Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.
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Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between the eastern shores of Bronx County, New York City, southern Westchester County, and Connecticut to the north, and the North Shore of Long Island, to the south.
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Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.
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Midway Atoll
Midway Atoll (also called Midway Island and Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Pihemanu Kauihelani) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at.
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Nagasaki
() is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
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Naval Vessel Register
The Naval Vessel Register (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy.
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Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.
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New London, Connecticut
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.
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Oahu
O‘ahu (often anglicized Oahu) known as "The Gathering Place" is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Panama
Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Pre-Commissioning Unit
A pre-commissioning unit (PRECOMMUNIT) or (PCU) is used by the United States Navy to describe vessels under construction prior to their official commissioning.
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).
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Service star
A service star is a miniature bronze or silver five-pointed star inch (4.8 mm) in diameter that is authorized to be worn by members of the seven uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons to denote an additional award or service period.
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Shanghai
Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.
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Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
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Staten Island
Staten Island is the southernmost and westernmost of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York.
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Submarine
A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Submarine snorkel
A submarine snorkel is a device which allows a submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.
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Tench-class submarine
Tench-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) between 1944 and 1951.
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The Silent Service (TV series)
The Silent Service is an American syndicated anthology television series based on actual events in the submarine section of the United States Navy.
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Theo Marcuse
Theodore Carroll Marcuse (August 2, 1920 – November 29, 1967) was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Tirante
The tirante is a silvery, elongated cutlass fish found in waters off Cuba.
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Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.
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Tsushima Strait
or Eastern Channel is a channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Yellow Sea (West Sea), and the East China Sea.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Naval Institute
The United States Naval Institute (USNI), based in Annapolis, Maryland, is a private, non-profit, professional military association that seeks to offer independent, nonpartisan forums for debate of national defense and security issues.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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USS Tench (SS-417)
USS Tench (SS/AGSS-417), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tench.
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Washington Navy Yard
The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.
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Westport, Connecticut
Westport is an affluent town located in Connecticut, along Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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Wolfpack (naval tactic)
The term wolfpack refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, and by submarines of the United States Navy against Japanese shipping in the Pacific Ocean in World War II.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yangtze
The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.
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Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea or West Sea is located between China and Korea.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tirante_(SS-420)
