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RE: Conning tower numbers?
Posted by: Hank ()
Date: September 21, 2001 06:08PM

<HTML> American Subs before WW2 had a odd way of numbering their subs. For example on the conning tower would be a K5 but the actual number was SS36.
The \"R\" class was the same. R1 was actually SS78. S51 (SS162) was the last one, then all were named. Most were named after fish or items from the sea till after WW2 when they were named after Presidents, States, ETC.
Hank ex-USN</HTML>

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RE: Conning tower numbers? Rainer Bruns 09/21/2001 11:27AM
RE: Conning tower numbers? Hank 09/21/2001 06:08PM
RE: Conning tower numbers? walter M 09/21/2001 06:39PM
RE: Conning tower numbers? Joe Brennan 09/21/2001 10:07PM
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