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Tunny
1953 - 1970
(SSG-282) (APSS-282) (LPSS-282)

Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Delta - India

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1941 - 1952

Gato Class Submarine: Laid down, 10 November 1941, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 30 June 1942; Commissioned USS Tunny (SS-282), 1 September 1942; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.; Recommission, in reserve, 28 February 1952; Decommissioned in April 1952; Recommissioned, 6 March 1953, converted to Guided Missile Submarine (SSG-282); Redesignated (SS-282) in May 1965; Converted to a Troop-carrying Submarine in 1966 and redesignated (APSS-282); Reclassified Amphibious Transport Submarine (LPSS-282), 1 January 1968; Decommissioned, 28 June 1969; Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1969, and designated as a mobile target; Final Disposition, sunk as a target by Volador (SS-490), 19 June 1970. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service, and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311' 10"; Beam 27' 4"; Draft 16' 10"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 6 Officers 54 Enlisted; Operating Depth, 300 ft; Submerged Endurance, 48 hrs at 2 kts; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Armament, could carry up to two Regulus I missiles, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks Morse main generator diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity, 116,000 gals., four General Electric main motors, HP 2740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
73k	Officers and chiefs at the re-commissioning of Tunny (SSG-282) at Mare Island on 6 March 1953.	USN photo # 9483-3-53, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
70k	Bow on view of the Tunny (SSG-282) underway, after she was recommissioned, 6 March 1953, and converted to Guided Missile Submarine.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
196k	Starboard bow view of the Tunny (SSG-282) as she cuts through the water off of Hawaii after she was recommissioned, 6 March 1953, and converted to Guided Missile Submarine.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
157k	Port bow view of the Tunny (SSG-282) as she cuts through the water off of Hawaii after she was recommissioned, 6 March 1953, and converted to Guided Missile Submarine.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
71k	Photo of Fleet Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at the commissioning ceremonies of Menhaden (SS-377), forward section of sail visible to the right, and Tunny (SSG-282), outboard of *Menhaden*, at Mare Island on 9 March 1953. From left to right: Elizabeth A. Murphy, Fleet Adm Nimitz, Harry J. Murphy, and RADM L. S. Fiske (Mare Island Area Commander).	USN photo # 16473-3-53, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
64k	Broadside view of Tunny (SSG-282) off Mare Island on 16 April 1953.	USN photo # 17095-4-53, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
61k	The Tunny (SSG-282) off Mare Island in April 1953.	USN photo in the 22 May 2005 edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
150k	Aerial view of Tunny (SSG-282) off Mare Island on 1 May 1953.	USN photo # 17292-5-53, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
37k	Tunny (SSG-282), loading a Regulus missle into her launcher/container, Sept, 3, 1953. She operated out of Point Mugu, contributing to the development of the Regulus missile system.	Courtesy of Nick Spark, text courtesy of DANFS.
191k	Engineers examine a Regulus missle on Tunny (SSG-282), Sept. 3, 1953. She operated out of Point Mugu, contributing to the development of the Regulus missile system.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
76k	Tunny (SSG-282), underway, circa 1953, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
67k	Tunny (SSG-282), underway, entering San Diego harbor, circa 1953.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
59k	Tunny (SSG-282), underway, circa 1953, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
63k	Nereus (AS-17) with nine submarines; Tunny (SSG-282), Cusk (SS-348), Carbonero(SS-337), Tilefish (SS-307), Spinax (SSR-489), Rock (SSR-274), Remora (SS-487), Catfish (SS-339), Volador (SS-490) and the Submarine Rescue Vessel Florikan (ASR-9) moored alongside at San Diego for *Subron Five's* Change of Command, date unknown.	US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1955, courtesy of Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
97k	Tunny (SSG-282), with Regulus I, missile on launching platform being prepared for firing during operations in the Central Pacific, 16 November 1956.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
91k	Tunny (SSG-282) with Regulus I, missile on launching platform being prepared for firing during operations in the Central Pacific, 16 November 1956.	US Navy photo.
117k	Starboard broadside view of the Tunny (SSG-282), showing her Regulus missle laucher container, circa mid 1950's.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
158k	Port broadside view of the Tunny (SSG-282), showing her Regulus missle laucher container, circa mid 1950's off Hawaii.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
11k	Tunny (SSG-282), about to launch a Regulus missle, underway, circa 1953-57, place unknown.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
16k	Tunny (SSG-282), with Regulus missle on deck, underway, circa 1953-57, place unknown.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
18k	Tunny (SSG-282), launching a Regulus missle, circa 1953-57, place unknown.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
45k	Tunny (SSG-282), underway with the Regulus launcher pod on her deck, circa 1953-57.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
141k	Tunny (SSG-282), underway with a Regulus missle launcher pod on her deck closing, circa 1953-57.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
16k	Commemorative postal cover of the Tunny (SSG-282), 20 May 1963.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
564k	Submarine are from left to right: Halibut (SSGN-587), Pickerel (SS-524), Perch (LPSS-313), Unidentified and Tunny (APSS-282) at Submarine Base Pearl Harbor on 12 April 1967.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 09/01/08.
79k	Amphibious transport submarine Tunny (LPSS-282) enters Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines 10 April 1969.	US Navy photo.