USS Darter (SS-576)

USS Darter (SS-576)

USS "Darter" (SS-576), a unique submarine based on the "Tang" class but incorporating many improvements, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter (fish), a type of small American fresh-water fish closely related to the perch.

The contract to build "Darter" was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1954 and her keel was laid down on 10 November 1954. She was launched on 28 May 1956 sponsored by Mrs. G.L. Russell, and commissioned on 20 October 1956, with Lieutenant Commander Ralph R. Blaine in command.

"Darter" was used to experiment with numerous innovations including a three-man helmsman-planesman station using aircraft-style stick controls.

"Darter" operated on various training exercises in the Atlantic, both locally from her home ports of Newport, Rhode Island, and Charleston, South Carolina, and to Canada and Northern Europe on NATO maneuvers.

In September 1985, "Darter" was involved in a collision with the merchant ship Kansas Getty which disabled her.

"Darter" was decommissioned on 1 December 1989 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 January 1990. On 7 January 1992, ex-"Darter" was sunk by "Tautog" (SSN-639) off Pearl Harbor.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d1/darter-ii.htm


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