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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.
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.
123k	Marlin (SST-2), underway, circa 1955.	US Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships, 1956-57 submitted by Robert Hurst.
16k	Marlin (SST-2), underway, late 50's, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George M. Arnold.
120k	Marlin (SST-2), taken somewhere along the east coast of Florida during the late 1950's or early 1960's.	Courtesy of Kenneth J. Lusk.
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
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.
70k	Squadron 12, Key West Fla, in Mid 60's: Marlin (SST-2) and Mackerel (SST-1).	Photo courtesy of John Hummel.
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.
614k	Sailors from Strategic Command and Navy Operational Support Center, Omaha prepare the surface of the T-1 class submarine Marlin (SST-2), for painting at the U.S. Naval Museum in Freedom Park on 25 Aug. 2009. The community service project was part of Omaha Navy Week. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence.	U.S. Navy photo # N-3867C-004 by Lieutenant Amy Carmickle, courtesy navy.news.mil via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 09/09/09.

View the T-2 / Marlin (SST-2)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Freedom Park in Omaha, NE.

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