USS Porpoise (SS–172), the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines. Porpoise was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, on 27 October 1933.

Porpoise, Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold in command, was then assigned to the squadron which Wilkes was to command on an extended exploratory expedition around the world. She stood out of Hampton Roads on 18 August 1838 with the United States Exploring Expedition Squadron .

USS Porpoise has been the name of more than one United States navy ship, and may refer to: USS Porpoise (1820), a schooner built in 1820 and wrecked in 1833; USS Porpoise (1836), a brig in commission from 1836 to 1847, from 1848 to 1852, and from 1853 until lost in 1854

2018年10月7日 · Class: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine. Complement: 5 Officers and 51 Enlisted. Displacement: 1310 tons. Length: 283 feet 0 inches . Beam: 24 feet 11 inches. Draft: 13 feet 10 in. Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles. Final Disposition: Sold for scrap on 14 May 1957

One of six ships of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the Porpoise sailed around the world between 1838 and 1842 under the command of Lt. Cadwallader Ringgold. The four-year-long expedition, headed by Lt. Charles Wilkes, covered nearly 87,000 …

USS Porpoise (SS–172), the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines. She was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine on 27 October 1933; launched on 20 June 1935, sponsored …

2021年1月28日 · With a somewhat unusual name, USS Porpoise was ordered by the US Navy on June 30, 1834 and built in the Boston Navy Yard (Charlestown). Named after the aquatic mammal, she was launched on May 31, 1836 and commissioned later that summer.

USS Porpoise, first of a class of two 1310-ton submarines built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, was commissioned in August 1935. She went to the Pacific a little more than a year later, operating along the West Coast and in Hawaiian waters until late 1939, when she was sent to the Philippines to join the Asiatic Fleet.

USS Porpoise (SS-172) led her 10-strong class prior to and during World War 2 (1939-1945). The boat was a conventional diesel-electric-powered attack submarine armed with six torpedo tubes and sixteen total torpedoes.

2017年11月5日 · USS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. J.R. McKnight, Jr) scored her first kill of the war when she sank the Japanese transport Renzan Maru (4999 GRT) off the north-eastern coast of Honshu, Japan in position 39°11'N, 142°02'E.