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=== <big>Submarine Classes</big> ===
=== <big>Harbor Defense, Coastal Defense, and Concept Development Submarines</big> ===
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">What the U.S. Navy wanted in a submarine changed rapidly and often during the 1900-1933 years. These boats filled several different roles while the Navy developed and refined the strategic and tactical concepts of submarine operations. All of these boats contributed something to this effort, although not all were successful.
 
Most of these boats are the direct legacy of the father of the "modern" submarine, John Philip Holland. It should be noted that Holland had been forced out of the company that he founded, the Electric Boat Company, through a series of rather Machiavellian business moves, by March of 1904. The last submarine design that he had any influence over was the B-class. Despite this, so profound was his legacy that many of these boats were colloquially known as "Holland types" long after his death in 1914.
 
In the period covered by PigBoats.COM, the U.S. Navy changed the convention that they used for naming and designating their submarines several times. Because of this, many of the pigboats have had more than one name, potentially leading to confusion. We have done our best to sort out this potentially bewildering situation, and we highly recommend that you read through the short article [https://pigboats.com/images/b/b2/Submarine_names_2.pdf '''at this link'''].</span>
 
See the latest updates to the site [[Latest Updates|'''at this link!''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">These are the different classes of submarines that the United States created in its efforts to make the best submarines it could. It was a step by step evolution and like many things in evolution not everything worked as it was suppose to.</div>
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|[[Holland|Holland]] || [[A-class|A-class]] || [[B-class|B-class]] || [[C-class|C-class]] || [[D-class|D-class]] || [[E-class|E-class]] ||[[F-class|F-class]]
|[[Holland|Holland]] || [[A-class|A-class]] || [[B-class|B-class]] || [[C-class|C-class]] || [[D-class|D-class]] || [[E-class|E-class]] ||[[F-class|F-class]] || [[G-class|G-class]]  
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  || [[G-class|G-class]] || [[H-class|H-class]] || [[K-class|K-class]] || [[L-class|L-class]] || [[M-class|M-class]] ||[[N-class|N-class]] || [[O-class|O-class]]  
  || [[H-class|H-class]] || [[K-class|K-class]] || [[L-class|L-class]] || [[M-class|M-class]] ||[[N-class|N-class]] || [[O-class|O-class]] || [[R-class|R-class]] || [[S-class|S-class]]  
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  || [[R-class|R-class]] ||[[S-class|S-class]] || [[T-class|T-class]] || [[V-class|V-class]] ||<center>[[File:Image2a2.jpg]]</center>
  ||<center>[[File:ImageB 1.jpg]]</center>||<center>[[File:ImageB 1.jpg]]</center> ||<center>[[File:ImageB 1.jpg]]</center> || [[T-class|T-class]] || [[V-class|V-class]] || <center>[[File:ImageB 2.jpg]]</center> ||<center>[[File:ImageB 2.jpg]]</center>||<center>[[File:ImageB 2.jpg]]</center>
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=== <big>Fleet Submarine</big> ===
 
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=== <big>Later Fleet Submarine Classes</big> ===
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">By 1933 the Navy had benefited from rapidly improving technology and in its own refinement of submarine operational doctrine. The result was the Fleet Submarine era, a fortuitous convergence of events that would greatly contribute to eventual victory in World War II. These boats were rugged, long-ranged, heavily armed, and among the best built by any nation in any era. The time of the Pigboats essentially ended in 1940, so we will not be covering the Gato, Balao, and Tench-classes. A handful of the Gar-class boats were commissioned after 1940, but we included them here for continuity purposes.</span>
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<span style="color:#00008B"> Submarines with the '''*''' after the name were lost to enemy action in WW II.<br>USS Seawolf SS 197 was believed sunk by friendly fire by the Destroyer Escort<br> USS Richard M. Rowell DE 403 mistaking it as being a Japanese submarine.
 
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|[[172|USS Porpoise SS 172]]||[[185|USS Snapper SS 185]]|| [[197|USS Seawolf SS 197]] *
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| [[173|USS Pike SS 173]]||[[186|USS Stingray SS 186]]||[[198|USS Tambor SS 198]]
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|[[174|USS Shark SS 174]] *|| [[187|USS Sturgeon SS 187]]|| [[199|USS Tautog SS 199]]
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|[[175|USS Tarpon SS 175]]||[[188|USS Sargo SS 188]]||[[200|USS Thresher SS 200]]
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| [[176|USS Perch SS 176]] *||[[189|USS Saury SS 189]]||[[201|USS Triton SS 201]] *
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|[[177|USS Pickerel SS 177]] *||[[190|USS Spearfish SS 190]]||[[202|USS Trout SS 202]] *
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|[[178|USS Permit SS 178]]||[[191|USS Sculpin SS 191]] *||[[203|USS Tuna SS 203]]
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|[[179|USS Plunger SS 179]]||[[192|USS Squalus SS 192]]||[[204|USS Mackerel SS 204]]
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|[[180|USS Pollack SS 180]]||[[192a|USS Sailfish SS 192]]||[[206|USS Gar SS 206]]
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|[[181|USS Pompano SS 181]] *||[[193|USS Swordfish SS 193]] *||[[207|USS Grampus SS 207]] *
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|[[182|USS Salmon SS 182]]
|[[194|USS Seadragon SS 194]]||[[209|USS Grayling SS 209 *]]
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|[[183|USS Seal SS 183]]||[[195|USS Sealion SS 195]] *|| [[210|USS Grenadier SS 210]] *
|[[Porpoise Class|Porpoise Class]] || [[Salmon/Sargo Class|Salmon/Sargo Class]] || [[Tambor/Gar Class|Tambor/Gar Class]] || [[Mackerel Class|Mackerel Class]]
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|[[184|USS Skipjack SS 184]]||[[196|USS Searaven SS 196]]||<center>[[File:Image2a2.jpg]]</center>
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 9 August 2024

Harbor Defense, Coastal Defense, and Concept Development Submarines

What the U.S. Navy wanted in a submarine changed rapidly and often during the 1900-1933 years. These boats filled several different roles while the Navy developed and refined the strategic and tactical concepts of submarine operations. All of these boats contributed something to this effort, although not all were successful.

Most of these boats are the direct legacy of the father of the "modern" submarine, John Philip Holland. It should be noted that Holland had been forced out of the company that he founded, the Electric Boat Company, through a series of rather Machiavellian business moves, by March of 1904. The last submarine design that he had any influence over was the B-class. Despite this, so profound was his legacy that many of these boats were colloquially known as "Holland types" long after his death in 1914.

In the period covered by PigBoats.COM, the U.S. Navy changed the convention that they used for naming and designating their submarines several times. Because of this, many of the pigboats have had more than one name, potentially leading to confusion. We have done our best to sort out this potentially bewildering situation, and we highly recommend that you read through the short article at this link.

See the latest updates to the site at this link!

Holland A-class B-class C-class D-class E-class F-class G-class
H-class K-class L-class M-class N-class O-class R-class S-class
T-class V-class

Later Fleet Submarine Classes

By 1933 the Navy had benefited from rapidly improving technology and in its own refinement of submarine operational doctrine. The result was the Fleet Submarine era, a fortuitous convergence of events that would greatly contribute to eventual victory in World War II. These boats were rugged, long-ranged, heavily armed, and among the best built by any nation in any era. The time of the Pigboats essentially ended in 1940, so we will not be covering the Gato, Balao, and Tench-classes. A handful of the Gar-class boats were commissioned after 1940, but we included them here for continuity purposes.
Porpoise Class Salmon/Sargo Class Tambor/Gar Class Mackerel Class

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