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Tusk (SS-426)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Tango - Lima

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 23 August 1943, at William Cramp and Co. Shipbuilding Co,, Philadelphia, PA.; Launched, 8 July 1945; Commissioned USS Tusk (SS-426), 11 April 1946. In U.S. Navy service until 18 October 1973, when she was was simultaneously decommissioned at New London, Conn., and was struck from the Naval Register, and transferred (sold) via the Security Assistance Program, to Taiwan, 18 October 1973, at Charleston, SC, renamed Hai Pao (S-792); Final Disposition, as of December 1998 still in service with Taiwanese Navy.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,570 t., Submerged: 2,428 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 3"; 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 main generator engines., Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity, 113,000 gal., Elliot Motor Co. electric motors, HP 2740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
138k	Ulua (SS-428) & Tusk (SS-426) being built at the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. in Philadelphia in January 1945. The *Ulua* has not received her superstructure main deck or bridge. The *Tusk* is just about complete. Diesel intakes (induction) are visible on board the *Ulua. They trunk up into the main induction just abaft the conning tower pressure vessel. The starboard branch feeds the forward engines, the port branch, whose 22-in pipe is visible under the flat boards, feeds the after engines. When snorleks were installed postwar, their intakes connected to the main induction visible here. Exhaust piping is also visible. The bow of the Turbot* (SS-427) is just visible behind the stern of the *Ulua*.	Photo and partial text courtesy of The Floating Drydock, "Fleet Subs of WW II", by Thomas F. Walkowiak. Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press, & The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy: A Design and Construction History, by John D. Alden, Commander USN (Retired).
114k	Outboard to inboard, the Halfbeak (SS-352),Tusk (SS-426) & Corsair (SS-435) with two unidentified boats, pre Oct. 1947 in New London, CT.	Photo courtesy of Gary Parker. Photo added 03/17/08.
210k	Fulton (AS-11) at the state pier New London, CT in March 1953. Submarines present include Entemedor (SS-340), Halfbeak (SS-352), Angler (SS-240),Razorback (SS-394), Tusk (SS-426), and Hardhead (SS-365). *SS P&T Leader* is across the pier.	US Naval Historical Center photo # NH-905254 courtesy of aimm.museum.(Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum at North Little Rock). Courtesy of CAPT Joseph A. Enright, USN (ret).
33k	Starboard view of the Tusk (SS-426), possibly when she returned to the United States early in the summer of 1953, out of New London, CT.	Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Text courtesy of DANFS.
49k	Tusk (SS-426), above the Artic Circle, 1960.	USN photo courtesy of Artic Submarine Laboratory.
87k	Tusk (SS-426), surfaced and underway, circa 1964. Photo from Subron 10 Cruise Book 1964-1965.	US Navy photo courtesy of Fred Willshaw.
61k	Halfbeak (SS-352), (second from right) immediately astern of Fulton (AS-11) at the Connecticut State Pier, New London, CT. Other submarines astern of *Fulton, include (far right) Nautilus* (SSN-571), (third from right) Bang (SS-385), and outboard of *Bang* , (fourth from right) is Tusk (SS-426). Moored to *Fulton's* starboard side are three additional submarines. The outboard boat on the starboard side is the Skipjack (SSN-585) & the other two are unidentified.	Photo from Subron 10 Cruise Book for 1964-1965, courtesy of Fred (Doc) Gardner xHM1(SS) / FMF USS Skipjack SSN 585 - SN(SS) (1964-1965) and Fred Willshaw.
49k	From left to right, Sea Robin (SS-407), Tusk (SS-426), Sea Owl (SS-405), Sablefish (SS-303), Halfbeak (SS-352), Blenny (SS-324), & Becuna (SS-319 at New London CT, in 1968 during change of command.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
281k	Oil on canvas painting by the artist Wayne Scarpaci entitled "Cat and Mouse", showing the Tusk (SS-426) with a VP-11 P2V Neptune.	Photo and text courtesy of artbywayne.com.
92k	Tusk (SS-426), surfaced and underway, date and place unknown.	Courtesy George M. Arnold
89k	Tusk (SS-426), with BQR-4 wrapped around fore part of sail, surfaced and underway, date and place unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
87k	Tusk (SS-426), as the Taiwanese (Republic of China) Hai Pao (SS-792), crew photo.	Courtesy of Yu-Lun Miao.
75k	Tusk (SS-426),as the Taiwanese (Republic of China) Hai Pao (SS-792). Taiwan's French-made *Lafayette Class PFG,* the *PFG-1207 Wu-Chung* , is to her port side at 29th July 2004, at Kaohsiung Naval Base, Taiwan.	Courtesy of Yu-Lun Miao.
142k	Stern view of the Tusk (SS-426), as the Taiwanese (Republic of China) Hai Pao (SS-792), tied up to pier, 29th July 2004, at Kaohsiung Naval Base, Taiwan.	Courtesy of Yu-Lun Miao.
48k	Bow on view of the docked Tusk (SS-426), as the Taiwanese (Republic of China) Hai Pao (SS-792).	Photo courtesy of Perry Huang.
39k	Starboard diving plane of the Tusk (SS-426), as the Taiwanese (Republic of China) Hai Pao (SS-792),	Photo courtesy of Perry Huang.
669k	Active duty and veteran submariners stand together at the 29th annual "Tolling The Boats" Memorial Service held at the World War II National Submarine Memorial-West, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. May 29, 2006. The ceremony honored members of the Silent Service who gave their lives during World War II and the Cold War for their country and the cause of freedom. On 25 August 1949 while steaming through a gale off the coast of Norway, Cochino (SS-345) suffered an explosion in one of her batteries. Tusk (SS-426) rushed to the aid of the stricken submarine, providing medical supplies for *Cochino's* injured by way of life rafts. One such raft capsized in heavy seas sending a *Cochino* officer and a civilian employee of the Bureau of Ships into the icy Arctic waters. Both were recovered, but during the administration of artificial respiration on board *Tusk, another wave broke over her deck washing away the civilian and 11 Tusk* crewmen.	U.S. Navy photo N-1159B-052 by Journalist 1st Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of navy.news.mil. Partial text courtesy of navysite.de.