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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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T-2 (SST-2) / Marlin (SST-2)

T-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 May 1952, at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT; Launched, 14 October 1953; Commissioned, USS T-2 (SST-2), 20 November 1953; Renamed USS Marlin (SST-2), 15 July 1956; Decommissioned, and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 31 January 1973, at Naval Station Key West FL.; Final Disposition, assigned as a museum ship, 20 August 1974, at Omaha, Nebraska.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 303 t., Submerged: 347 t.; Length 131' 3"; Beam 13' 7"; Draft 12' 2" (mean); Speed, Surfaced 10 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Complement 18; Armament, one 21" torpedo tube; Propulsion, diesel-electric, single screw.

Size	Image Description	Source
77k	Marlin (SST-2), slides down the launching ways at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT;, 14 October 1953.	Courtesy of subnet.com. / Frank Suha.
36k	The Dogfish (SS-350) with T-1 (SST-1) inboard & Marlin (SST-2) outboard, circa post 1953.	USN photo courtesy of Electric Boat / ussdogfish.com. Photo added 02/06/06.
183k	Submarine races featuring the Marlin (SST-2) & the accompanying Medregal (SS-480) off her port bow, circa mid 1950's.	Contributed by John Hummel.
16k	Marlin (SST-2), underway, late 50's, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
12k	Marlin (SST-2), underway, late 50's, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
38k	Marlin (SST-2), in 1961, at Key West. FL.	Photo courtesy of Dustin Darnell/Bob Barbee/ brazosport.cc.tx.us/Neil Stevens / Frank Suha.
136k	Port side view of the Marlin (SST-2), underway, late 50's, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of St. Marys Submarine Museum, submitted by Thomas Denton, Submarine Art, www.submarineart.com
60k	Marlin (SST-2), on permanant display at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE., July 1994.	Photo by Dave Johnston.
50k	Marlin (SST-2), on permanant display at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE., July 1994.	Photo by Dave Johnston.
18k	Marlin (SST-2), on permanant display at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE.	Courtesy of Historic Naval Ships Association (hnsa.org)

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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