Keywords: Lot-9425-16: Another Monster of the Deep. Into the water with hardly a splash goes the huge new U.S. Navy submarine USS Kingfish (SS 234), during launching ceremonies on March 2, 1942, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The underwater raider is one of the scores of the ocean-going variety fast submarine being added to the U.S. Fleet. During World War II, she completed twelve war patrols. Placed in the reserves in 1946, she was struck from the list in 1960 and sold for scrap. Photograph released March 1942. Office of War Information. (2015/11/13). Lot-9425-16: Another Monster of the Deep. Into the water with hardly a splash goes the huge new U.S. Navy submarine USS Kingfish (SS 234), during launching ceremonies on March 2, 1942, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The underwater raider is one of the scores of the ocean-going variety fast submarine being added to the U.S. Fleet. During World War II, she completed twelve war patrols. Placed in the reserves in 1946, she was struck from the list in 1960 and sold for scrap. Photograph released March 1942. Office of War Information. (2015/11/13). |