SS X-1
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:X-1 Submarine, sea trial (undated).jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United States|naval}} |Ship name=USS X-1 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Fairchild Aircraft, East Farmingdale Long Island, New York |Ship laid down=8 June 1954 |Ship launched=7 September 1955 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=(never commissioned) |Ship in service=7 October 1955 |Ship out of service=2 December 1957 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=yes |Ship in service=December 1960 |Ship out of service=16 February 1973 |Ship struck= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Museum ship |Ship status= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= Midget submarine |Ship displacement=*{{convert|36.3|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} submerged
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X-1 (or SS X-1){{cite web|title=SS X-1|url=http://www.hnsa.org/ships/x1.htm|publisher=Historic Naval Ships Association|access-date=24 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818031654/http://www.hnsa.org/ships/x1.htm|archive-date=18 August 2013}} was a United States Navy Midget Submarine designed under project SCB 65. Laid down on 8 June 1954, at Deer Park, Long Island, New York, by the Engine Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. Launched on 7 September 1955, at Oyster Bay, Long Island, by Jakobson Shipyard. Delivered to the Navy on 6 October at New London, Connecticut and placed in service on 7 October 1955 with Lieutenant Kevin Hanlon in command.
Service history
X-1 served in a research capacity in rigorous and extensive tests to assist the Navy to evaluate its ability to defend harbors against very small submarines. Further tests conducted with the X-1 helped to determine the offensive capabilities and limitations of this type of submersible.[https://books.google.com/books?id=u-EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124 "Navy Tests First Midget Submarine As Close In Weapon.] Popular Mechanics, February 1956, p. 124, bottom of page.
X-1 was originally powered by a hydrogen peroxide/diesel engine and battery system, but an explosion of her hydrogen peroxide supply on 20 May 1957 resulted in the craft's modification to accept a diesel-electric drive. On 2 December 1957, X-1 was taken out of service and deactivated at Philadelphia.{{cite news |last=Parken|first=Oliver |date=26 April 2023 |title=The Navy Procured This Midget Submarine For Coastal Defense During The Cold War |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-navy-procured-this-midget-submarine-for-coastal-defense-during-the-cold-war |work=The Drive |access-date=30 April 2023 }}
Towed to Annapolis, Maryland, in December 1960, X-1 was reactivated and attached to Submarine Squadron 6 and based at the Small Craft Facility of the Severn River Command for experimental duties in Chesapeake Bay. In tests conducted under the auspices of the Naval Research Laboratory, X-1 performed for scientists who observed her operations from a platform suspended beneath the Bay Bridge, to learn more about the properties and actions of sea water.
Having been in active service through January 1973, X-1 was again taken out of service on 16 February 1973. On 26 April 1973, she was transferred to the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Annapolis. On 9 July 1974, she was slated for use as a historical exhibit. She was later displayed on the grounds of the Naval Station complex, North Severn, near Annapolis. In 2001, X-1 was transferred to the Submarine Force Museum, in Groton, Connecticut, where she is on display before the main exhibit building.
File:SS X-1 Midget Submarine.jpg|X-1 Midget Submarine on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum
File:SS X-1 Midget Submarine (rear).jpg|The stern section of X-1
Toy Version
The Lionel 3330 "Commando" submarine is based on the X-1's design. [https://www.tandem-associates.com/lionel/lionel_trains_3330_flat_car.htm LIONEL TRAINS 3330]
References
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/x/x-1.html}}
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External links
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- [http://www.ussnautilus.org Submarine Force Museum]
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Category:Submarines of the United States Navy