Gato Class Submarines of the Hellenic Navy - USS Lapon, USS Jack, Greek Submarine Amphitriti, Greek Submarine Poseidon (Paperback)

Chapters: Uss Lapon, Uss Jack, Greek Submarine Amphitriti, Greek Submarine Poseidon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 4 x Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesel engines driving electrical generators2 x 126-cell Sargo batteries4 x high-speed Allis-Chalmers electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged USS Lapon (SS-260), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of the United States of America. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut 21 February 1942. She was launched 27 October 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Oldendorf, wife of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf), and commissioned 23 January 1943, Commander (CDR) Oliver G. Kirk (Class of 1929) in command. Completing trials and training in Long Island Sound, Lapon departed New London for the Pacific 4 May 1943, arriving at Pearl Harbor 1 June. She departed 24 June for her first war patrol which was spent in the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan. On 3 July, Lapon, along with Permit (SS-178) and Plunger became the first U.S. submarines to slip through a mined strait into the Sea of Japan, the enemys own backyard. The entire time Lapon operated in the Sea of Japan, she was surrounded by thick fog and had problems with her radar. After she exited the Sea of Japan through La Perouse Strait, she patrolled off the east coast of Hokkaid and Honsh. There she saw an aircraft carrier and a pair of destroyers. The escorts kept Lapon pinned down with the assistance of aircraft, and the carrier escaped. The submarine, CDR Lowell T. "Steamy" Stone (Class of 1929) in command, departed 26 September for a close inshore patrol off the so...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=108548