USS Requin

Local nameUSS Requin
LocationPittsburgh, United States

USS Requin , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Her keel was laid down on 24 August 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 1 January 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Slade D. Cutter, and commissioned on 28 April 1945 with Commander Slade D. Cutter in command.

Initially, Requin carried heavier armament than usual for a fleet submarine, perhaps because Commander Cutter was one of the most decorated submarine skippers going to sea.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Requin_(SS-481)

Carnegie Science Center website http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/exhibits/requin-submarine/

Phone +1 412 237 1550

Address 1 Allegheny Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA

Coordinates 40°26'42.393" N -80°1'6.701" E

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