Allied Warships

Spinax (SS-489)

Submarine of the Tench class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassTench 
Pennant489 
Built byPortsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 May 1945 
Launched25 Nov 1945 
Commissioned20 Sep 1946 
End service11 Oct 1969 
History

Decommissioned and stricken 11 October 1969.
Sold 13 June 1972 to be broken up for scrap.

 

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U. S. Submarines in World War II

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U.S. Submarines Through 1945

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