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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Albacore (AGSS-569)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Mike - Juliet

Albacore Class Submarine: Laid down, 15 March 1952, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH; Launched, 1 August 1953; Commissioned, USS Albacore (AGSS-569), 6 December 1953; Decommissioned, 9 December 1972; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1980; Final Disposition, dedicated as a memorial in 1985 at Portsmouth, NH.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,242 t., Submerged: 1,837 t.; Length 203' 10"; Beam 27' 4"; Draft 18' 7"; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 20+ kts; Complement 36; Armament, none; Propulsion, diesel-electric, single screw.

Size	Image Description	Source
44k	The Albacore (AGSS-569) slides down the launching ways at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH., 1 August 1953.	Photo from Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 and submitted courtesy of Robert Hurst. Photo added 07/07/07.
38k	Albacore (AGSS-569), being commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH., 5 December 1953.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
51k	Commissioning of the Albacore (AGSS-569) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH., 5 December 1953.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
134k	Albacore (AGSS-569), underway off the Isle of Shoals, 5 April 1954.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 97661, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
135k	A colorized Offical US Navy Photograph from Nabisco's Defenders of America Series of 1959. The cards were in packages of Nabisco Shredded Wheat from the National Biscuit Company of New York, N.Y. The Albacore (AGSS-569) underway off the Isle of Shoals, 5 April 1954.	USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
96k	An officer looks through the periscope in Albacore's (AGSS-569) control room, 27 October 1955. This photograph was released by the Department of Defense on 12 December 1955 as part of a press release announcing the use of the *Albacore* hull design for the new SSN-585 (Skipjack) class of nuclear-powered submarines.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # NH 97666, now in the collections of the National Archives.
51k	Albacore (AGSS-569),operating near Key West, Florida, 31 October 1955.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # 80-G-K-19090, now in the collections of the National Archives.
70k	Supervisory Naval Architect Morton Gertler directs Instrument Maker Carson W. Caudle in preparing a model of the submarine for further tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, 1 March 1956. "This new type of submarine hull design was selected from a systematic series of streamlined bodies developed by Mr. Gertler, who also supervised the thorough development testing program that resulted in the hull and appendages as they now exist on the submarine Albacore (AGSS-569)." (quoted from the original picture caption).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # NH 97665, now in the collections of the National Archives.
89k	Albacore (AGSS-569), at sea, US Navy photo from "Our Navy" Magazine, 1 January, 1957.	Courtesy of Stanley Svec.
71k	Albacore (AGSS-569) underway off Newport, Rhode Island, 11 March 1957.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # 80-G-K-22262, now in the collections of the National Archives.
93k	Albacore (AGSS-569) off the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 11 March 1957.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # USN 1079492, now in the collections of the National Archives.
73k	Albacore (AGSS-569) seen through the periscope of another submarine. This photograph was released for publication on 25 September 1957.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # HN 97662, now in the collections of the National Archives.
124k	Albacore (AGSS-569) at sea, 3 August 1960.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # HN 97663, now in the collections of the National Archives.
88k	Albacore (AGSS-569) view showing the "X" configuration tail planes fitted in 1960-61. This photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 26 March 1965.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph USNHC # HN 97664, now in the collections of the National Archives.
100k	Front cover of the Decommissioning program of the Albacore (AGSS-569), 1 Sept. 1972.	From the collection of Edmund H. Cokely, CWO2, USN retired, courtesy of John Dupre'.
28k	Clamagore (SS-343) against pier, Tiru (SS-416), Blenny (SS-324) & Albacore (AGSS-569), circa early 80's at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.	Courtesy of John Hummel. Photo I.d. submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)
24k	The Albacore (AGSS-569), heading to her new home, May 1985.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
212k	Starboard view of the Albacore (AGSS-569), at sea, date unknown.	Courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil.
48k	Albacore (AGSS-569), as a memorial at Portsmouth, NH.	Courtesy of DANFS.
71k	Close-up of sail of Albacore (AGSS-569) at Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH., in August of 1999.	Photo by Ken Hart.
90k	Albacore (AGSS-569) emergency messenger bouy, sitting upside-down outside the park facility at Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH., in August of 1999.	Photo by Ken Hart.
72k	Albacore (AGSS-569) Phase IV contra-rotating propeller arrangement at the park facility at Albacore Park, Portsmouth NH., in August of 1999.	Photo by Ken Hart.