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2. USS Swordfish (SS-193) - Wikipedia

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   24 torpedoes [2] 1 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [2] four machine guns. USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo -class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first American submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War ...

3. Diving plane - Wikipedia

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   Diving plane. The port bow plane of the Soviet-era submarine B-39. Diving planes, also known as hydroplanes, are control surfaces found on a submarine which allow the vessel to pitch its bow and stern up or down to assist in the process of submerging or surfacing the boat, as well as controlling depth when submerged. [1]

4. Fairey Swordfish - Wikipedia

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   1936–1944. Number built. 2,391 (692 by Fairey and 1,699 by Blackburn) The Fairey Swordfish is a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It was also used by the Royal Air Force (RAF ...

5. Monterey clipper - Wikipedia

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   The Monterey Clipper is a fishing boat common to the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area and east to the Sacramento delta. [1] [2] Known variously as a Monterey Hull, Putt-putt, Silena boat, and Lampra boat, the Monterey Clipper's history has swung with the fortunes of the local fish industry and the paces of industrialization.

6. Source–sink dynamics - Wikipedia

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   Source–sink dynamics is a theoretical model used by ecologists to describe how variation in habitat quality may affect the population growth or decline of organisms . Since quality is likely to vary among patches of habitat, it is important to consider how a low quality patch might affect a population. In this model, organisms occupy two ...

7. USS Archerfish (SS-311) - Wikipedia

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   Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao -class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.