USS Narwhal (SSN-671), a unique submarine, was the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale with a unicorn-like, ivory tusk. Her keel was laid down on 17 January 1966 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Connecticut .

USS Narwhal (SS-167), the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal. She was named V-5 (SC-1) when her keel was laid down on 10 May 1927 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine .

2020年4月30日 · The USS Narwhal, also known by its hull number SSN-671, was a totally unique and experimental nuclear-powered attack submarine and one of the most successful boats of her era. Her unique design made her the quietest attack submarine in the U.S. fleet in the 1970s and she was routinely deployed far and wide to watch Soviet submarines in the ...

USS Narwhal has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Narwhal, a submarine renamed USS D-1 (SS-17) in 1911, in commission from 1909 to 1922; USS Narwhal (SS-167), a submarine in commission from 1930 to 1945, named USS V-1 (SS-167) from 1930 to 1931

2020年10月5日 · Crews from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, experts at the only place in the world that recycles U.S. Navy nuclear submarines, have cut and chopped the former Narwhal into salvageable pieces, a...

2021年1月9日 · Last October, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard completed the year-long dismantling of the US Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Narwhal (SSN-671). Commissioned in 1969, the submarine was a one-of-a-kind, an experimental design that would become one of the most successful boats of her era.

USS NARWHAL was the Navy's 100 th nuclear-powered submarine and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. Basically a STURGEON - class attack submarine, the USS NARWHAL was the Navy's test submarine for the S5G nuclear reactor, resulting in increased length and displacement compared to the other STURGEON - class submarines.

The USS NARWHAL SS-167 also classified as N1 & V5, and the USS NAUTILUS SS168 N2 & V6; with the exception of the USS ARGONAUT SS166, were the U.S. Navy's largest Fleet diesel Submarines prior to WW2. They were 371 feet long and carried 2 - 6 inch deck guns fore and aft on a raised gun deck which surrounded their

The USS NARWHAL (SSN-671) was the quietest of submarines at the time of her commissioning, the result of a Natural Circulation Reactor (NCR). When commissioned on 12 July 1969, the NARWHAL was...

The Narwhal is a cetacean, scientifically known as Monodon Monoceras, which is characterized by the presence in the male of a long, hornlike tusk.