Transferred to the Royal Navy 4 November 1941 and renamed as HMS P551 then transferred to the Polish Navy in exile and renamed ORP Jastrząb. On 2 May 1942 she was sunk by British forces in a friendly fire incident.
Unique submarine. Never formally held SS-166 classification. Variously designated as V-4, SF-7, SM-1, A-1 and APS-1. Sunk by Japanese destroyers 10 Jan 1943.
Helped locate the sunken Squalus 24 May 1939. Damaged by Japanese destroyer 19 Nov 1943 and scuttled to avoid capture. Captain John P. Cromwell chose to go down with the ship, earning himself the Medal of Honor.
Sunk in accident 23 May 1939. Raised, repaired and re-commissioned as USS Sailfish on 15 May 1940. Sank Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō 3 Dec 1943 which was carrying survivors of Sculpin (SS-191).
Rescued over 30 downed aviators during World War II. Converted to SSR in 1948, then to AGSS for sonar research in 1964. Last submarine which served in World War II in service in the U.S. Navy.
Unique research submarine. Last conventionally powered submarine in service with the US Navy. Museum ship, Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California
Unique experimental prototype with teardrop hull. Underwater world speed record holder. Museum ship, Albacore Park and Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Unique submarine. First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the globe, and the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors.
Unique quiet nuclear submarine with turbo electric drive. First integrated sonar suite, including both a low-frequency passive array, for long range detection, and a spherical array, for approach and attack (AN/BQQ Series Sonar). Only nuclear submarine specifically designed as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) weapon (i.e., a SSKN). First submarine with torpedo tubes amidships.
Built as a SSBN but converted to a SSN in August 1994.[3] The "Jimmy P's" sail is now on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, NM.
Lead boat of her class of 18. Built as an SSBN, but converted to an SSGN from November 2003 to December 2005[5] in accordance with START II. Oldest commissioned American nuclear submarine still in active service.
Built as an SSBN, but converted to an SSGN from April 2004 to April 2006[5] in accordance with START II. Oldest built American nuclear submarine still in active service.