USS Tusk, 1951
Scope and Content Note
The USS Tusk series consists of a single logbook containing data sheets, BT cards, and track charts.
Dates
- 1951
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Historical Note
Tusk (SS-426) was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia, Pa., by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 8 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Carolyn Park Mills; and commissioned on 11 April 1946, Comdr. Raymond A. Moore in command.
On 18 October 1973, Tusk was decommissioned at New London, Conn., and was simultaneously transferred, by sale, to the Taiwan Navy. Her name was struck from the Navy list on the same day.
[Taken from the entry on Tusk in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.]
Extent
1 logbook
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository