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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left courtesy of the US Navy Historical Center, photo # NH 65258-KN, others courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Torsk (SS-423) (AGSS-423) (IXSS-423)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Sierra - Tango

Tench Class Submarine: Laid down, 7 June 1944, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 6 September 1944; Commissioned USS Torsk (SS-423), 16 December 1944; Snorkel conversion completed in 1952; Decommissioned, 4 March 1968; Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at the Washington Navy Yard,; Redesignated Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS-423) in May 1968; Reclassified Miscellaneous Submarine (IXSS-423) in June 1971; Placed out of service and simultaneously struck for the Naval Register, 15 December 1971; Final Disposition, turned over to the state of Maryland to be used as a museum in the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, 26 September 1972. Torsk received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,570 t., Submerged: 2,416 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 2"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, one 20mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks Morse main generator diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 113,510 gals, two General Electric main motors, 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
41k	The Torsk (SS-423) slides into the Piscataqua River during her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 6 September 1944.	Photo courtesy of usstorsk.net.
28k	Commemorative launch day badge from Torsk's (SS-423) launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 6 September 1944.	Courtesy of James A Munroe in remembrance of his father Raymond L. Munroe Sr. who worked at the yard during WW II and the Korean wars as a chauffeur.
19k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Torsk's (SS-423) launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 6 September 1944.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
83k	Torsk (SS-423) in Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, January 1945.	Courtesy of Erminio Bagnasco's book, "Submarines of WW II", submitted by Aryeh Wetherhorn.
150k	Torsk (SS-423), underway off the U.S. east coast, en route from New England to Florida, 12 February 1945. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-24.	US National Archives photo # 80-G-304559, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
166k	Torsk (SS-423), underway off the U.S. east coast, en route from New England to Florida, 16 February 1945. Photographed from a NAS Richmond, FL. aircraft.	US National Archives photo # 80-G-313790, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
118k	Port side view of the Torsk (SS-423) underway, 1945.	Courtesy of Erminio Bagnasco book, "Submarines of WW II", submitted by Aryeh Wetherhorn.
43k	Torsk (SS-423), starboard bow view, circa 1945 photo.	Courtesy of Historic Naval Ships Association (hnsa.org)
99k	Torsk (SS-423), maneuvering in line abreast formation during exercises off Block Island, Rhode Island, in April 1947. Nearest submarine is Sarda (SS-488). Torsk (SS-423) is next. Both are fitted with 5"/25 deck guns fore and aft.	US National Archives photo # 80-G-704269,from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
55k	The destroyer tender Yellowstone (AD-27) at Augusta Bay, Sicily, 1950. Ships alongside to starboard; Sea Robin (SS-407), Torsk (SS-423), Sea Leopard (SS-483), Burrfish (SS-312). To port; John R Pierce (DD-753), Barton (DD-722), Shea (DM-30) , and in the background Bauer (DM-26).	Paul Roggeman Sea Robin (SS-407) Web Site.
42k	Torsk (SS-423), Billfish (SS-286) & Carp (SS-338) moored together circa early 1950's.	USN photo.
11k	First of a series of 3 photos taken in 1953 of the Torsk (SS-423), coming alongside the New (DD-818) which became the first US navy destroyer to refuel a sub underway.	Photo by Tom Nau. Courtesy of Rick Palmer.
13k	Second of a series of 3 photos taken in 1953 of the Torsk (SS-423), coming alongside the New (DD-818) which became the first US navy destroyer to refuel a sub underway.	Photo by Tom Nau. Courtesy of Rick Palmer.
15k	Last of a series of 3 photos taken in 1953 of the Torsk (SS-423), coming alongside the New (DD-818) which became the first US navy destroyer to refuel a sub underway.	Photo by Tom Nau. Courtesy of Rick Palmer.
96k	Torsk (SS-423), underway in May 1952, shortly after her "fleet snorkel" conversion. She is still fitted with a 5"/25 deck gun, aft of her "sail".	US Navy photo # USN 1079481, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
84k	Torsk (SS-423), underway 30 July 1954.	US National Archives photo # 80-G-669954, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
67k	Torsk (SS-423), in Hampton Roads, circa 1950's.	US Navy photo. Photo i.d. courtesy of John Hummel.
75k	Torsk (SS-423), departing Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME., 16 August 1965.	US Navy photo # USN 1112857, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
134k	Torsk (SS-423), in Hampton Roads, 28 September 1965.	US Navy photo # KN 14050, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
33k	The Torsk (SS-423) moored in Baltimore Harbor, 1988.	Photo courtesy of Larry Backus via Fred Willshaw.
47k	Torsk (SS-423), ship's control panel.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
36k	Torsk (SS-423), returning from drydock, date and place unknown.	Courtesy of Historic Naval Ships Association (hnsa.org)
51k	Sail of the Torsk (SS-423) at Baltimore.	Courtesy of Rick Palmer.
137k	View of the Torsk (AGSS-423) across from the science museum at Baltimore, MD., im March, 2006.	Photo courtesy of Wendell McLaughlin. Photo added 06/14/07.