Quillback, 1946-1947
Scope and Content Note
The Quillback series contains a sound transmission logbook and a folder containing target strength computations and memoranda for two cruises in 1947.
Dates
- 1946-1947
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Historical Note
Quillback (SS–424) was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 27 June 1944; launched I October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Tyree, Jr.; and commissioned 29 December 1944, Lt. Comdr. R. P. Nicholson in command.
After training at New London and work on an experimental ordnance project at Key West, Quillback departed for Pearl Harbor and her maiden war patrol, off the coast of Kyushu. Peacetime duties returned Quillback to New London for duty as a unit of Submarine Squadron 2. From 1945 to 1951, she operated with the Submarine School in a training capacity and as an experimental unit of the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory. In April 1952, she reported to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for decommissioning and conversion.
On 27 February 1953, Quillback was recommissioned and joined the Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet as a streamlined “Guppy” (Greater Underwater Propulsion Power) Submarine. Quillback earned one battle star for World War II service.
[Taken from the entry on Quillback in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.]
Extent
2 items
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically.
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository