2011.049

Lukacs, Claire

Gift

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

1937 - 1937

Date(s) Created: 1937 Date(s): 1937

Fair

Notes: U.S.S. Cachalot, submarine (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cachalot_(SS-170): USS Cachalot (SC-4/SS-170), the lead ship of her class and one of the "V-boats", was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 19 October 1933 as V-8 (SC-4) sponsored by Miss K. D. Kempff, and commissioned on 1 December 1933 with Lieutenant Commander Merril Comstock[9] in command. Cachalot was the first submarine to have the Torpedo Data Computer, Arma Corporation's Mark 1,[10] installed that determined the gyroscope settings for torpedoes. Cachalot cleared San Diego on 16 June 1937, bound for New London, Connecticut, and duty in experimental torpedo firing for the Newport Torpedo Station, and sound training for the New London Submarine School until 26 October 1937, when she began a lengthy overhaul at New York Navy Yard. A year later, she sailed for participation in a fleet problem, torpedo practice and sound training in the Caribbean Sea and off the Canal Zone, and on 16 June 1939 reported at Pearl Harbor for duty with the Submarine Force and the Scouting Force. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-11-28