Název: Name: | USS Wahoo | USS Wahoo |
Originální název: Original Name: | USS Wahoo | |
Kategorie: Category: | ponorka | submersible ship (SS) |
Třída: Class: | Tang | |
Kódové označení: Pennant Number: | SS-565 | |
Loděnice: Builder: | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery | |
Založení kýlu: Laid Down: | 24.10.1949 | |
Spuštění na vodu: Launched: | 16.10.1951 | |
Uvedení do služby: Commissioned: | 30.05.1952 | |
Vyřazení ze služby: Decommissioned: | 27.06.1980 | |
Potopené lodě: Sunk Ships: | - | |
Velitel: Commander: | 30.05.1952-DD.MM.RRRR Wilkinson, Eugene P. (Commander) DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Doyle, Ronald (Lieutenant Commander) | |
Jednotka: Unit: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Ponorková eskadra 1 DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Ponorková eskadra 7 | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Submarine Squadron 1 DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Submarine Squadron 7 |
Poznámka: Note: | Za službu vo vietnamskom konflikte získala ponorka 3 hviezdy za službu. Po vyradení z US Navy od 06.07.1978 prebiehala v lodenici vo Filadelfii príprava ponorky na predanie iránskemu námorníctvu, v ktorom mala niesť označenie IIS Nahang. Po iránskej revolúcii boli plány na predanie ponorky zrušené. Ponorka poslúžila ako zdroj náhradných dielov pre ďalšie ponorky triedy Tang v službe. Predaná do šrotu v novembri 1984. Vyznamenania: - Meritorious Unit Citation with star (2 awards) - China Service Medal - National Defense - Service Medal with star (2 awards) - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces - Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal with three campaign stars - United Nations Korea Medal Rádiový volací znak: November - Papa - Whiskey - India | Wahoo earned three campaign stars for service in the Vietnam conflict. 6 July 1978, the submarine began an extended overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to prepare her to be handed over to Iran and renamed IIS Nahang. These plans were cancelled on 31 March 1979 following the Iranian revolution. Wahoo was instead decommissioned on 27 June 1980 and cannibalized for parts for the other Tangs that were still in service to foreign governments. Sold for scrapping in November 1984. Awards: - Meritorious Unit Citation with star (2 awards) - China Service Medal - National Defense - Service Medal with star (2 awards) - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces - Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal with three campaign stars - United Nations Korea Medal Radio Call Sign: November - Papa - Whiskey - India |
Zdroje: Sources: | Zajac, Ivan: Ponorky třídy Tang: Americká odpověď na elektroboote, Military revue 2019 / 04 https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08565.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wahoo_(SS-565) |