She was assigned to Submarine Squadron 2 in June 1949 and in mid-1950 she was sent on a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. Early that afternoon, the submarine entered her patrol area and, on the following morning off Dogo Island, Torsk made a submerged periscope attack which sank a small coastal freighter. Its really amazing," explains Hiram. This is no drill" came at 07:55 on 7 December 1941, as Japanese planes swept overhead in an attempt to cripple the Pacific Fleet. [4], The Coast Guard's task over the ensuing years leading up to the outbreak of war in the Pacific was to supply these isolated way-stations along the transpacific air routes and to relieve the colonists at stated intervals. Wine? [3] Coast Guardsmen from the Taney were ordered to take up defensive positions around Aloha Tower and protect it from being occupied. She arrived back in Norfolk in mid-August. She served in the blockade of the Cuban missile crisis. (six forward, four aft) It was in service from 1944 to 1968. She served on Ocean Station Romeo from October to November 1958. It seems like this piece of American naval history still has a few ghostly tales to tell. The following day, she set her course homeward, stopped at Midway Island on 11 June, and returned to Pearl Harbor on 16 June.After refitting and the installation of new equipment, the submarine got underway for her second war patrol on 17 July. Darren Dedo - Founder, Reporter & Investigator, Michael Chinn - Lead Investigator & Researcher, Written by: Darren Dedo Case Filed: 8/8/22 Executive Producer: Rick Garner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: the birthplace of America. She participated in dozens of naval gunfire support missions, firing more than 3,400 five-inch (127mm) shells at Viet Cong positions. The LV116 Chesapeake is located at Pier 3 alongside the USS Torsk and the National Aquarium east of the Inner Harbor.. On 22 January 1942, the cutter departed Honolulu in company with USAT Barbara Olson,[10] and arrived at Kanton Island on 28 January 1942. Torsk frequently cruised in the Caribbean throughout this period. After sending a working party ashore to unload supplies, Taney screened Barbara Olson offshore until 7 February 1942, when both ships got under way to evacuate the American colony on Enderbury Island. In December 1979 Taney helped seize the F/V Eneida for narcotics violations. Make plans to visit the USS Torsk and the USS Constellation. The first wave struck from dead ahead, torpedoing SS Paul Hamilton and SS Samite. What separates Unexplained Cases from other paranormal groups is that Darren Dedo and Rick Garner, who today are recognized as early pioneers of the ghost huntinggenre, have over 35 years in broadcast radio and television news and have won a Southeast Regional Emmy and Associated Press awards. (LogOut/ Your IP address is listed in our blacklist and blocked from completing this request. For her service, the government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) awarded Taney the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm and the Vietnam Civil Actions Medal with palm. And he is very skeptical. Were also using an equalizer - a graphic equalizer. Shortly thereafter, the hydrophone operator detected a large explosion; this was the Mark 28 striking the Kaibkan, and a minute later the Mark 27 struck the vessel as well. Including a patrol break in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The top 10 winners in the category Best Museum Ship are as follows: USS Midway - San Diego. USS Spikefish (SS 404) sink the Japanese submarine (I 373), in the Sea of Japan. Continuing her aggressive action, Torsk fired a Mark 28 torpedo at the frigate which had already detected the submarines presence. Visit USS Torsk. 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged As the freighter entered the harbor half an hour later, Torsk attempted to sink her but was unsuccessful, possibly because the torpedoes struck undetected reefs near the mouth of the harbor.Around noon, another frigate appeared, apparently a reinforcement which had been called in. He goes by another name here in New Zealand. There, she conducted further training and underwent repairs in preparation for her first war patrol. 75 days on patrol During underwater operations, she was powered by two 126-cell Sargo batteries that drove two low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors. Two days later, she located a 700 long tons (710t) freighter off Kobe Saki; she fired four torpedoes but again missed her target. [4], The mid-1970s were a period of transition for the Coast Guard with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and the nation's shift towards increased interdiction of narcotics smugglers. Are you kidding me?" Her main battery also underwent change: she now sported two open-mount 5-inch guns, as well as 40- and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. The weather patrols (later termed "ocean station patrols") consisted of sailing for three weeks on assigned stations in the Pacific, and each cutter assigned performed four or five such patrols each year. Top ways to experience USS Torsk and nearby attractions Platinum Package - Helicopter Tour with Dinner at Ruth's Chris or Capital Grille 5 Adventure Tours from 37,969.27 per adult Baltimore Inner Harbor Sightseeing Tour 29 City Tours from 2,238.79 per adult Baltimore's Historical Sightseeing Tour 77 Bus Tours from 3,116.45 per adult The USS Torsk is a historic submarine in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. A group of ex sub sailors restored it to very near as it was when in service, A visit on the Torsk will give visitors a very good idea of what life was like below the sea. Someone else takes his place down below and they are unable to see that he didnt make it, By the time they came back up to surface he was lost to the waters in the bay in the, mouth of the Atlantic. The Tench-class submarines were powered by four Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8- 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators. In May 1965, off northern California, she kept the Soviet refrigerator ship Chernjakhovsk under close surveillance. Their primary task was to report meteorological information, which was used in weather forecasts for the burgeoning trans-Pacific commercial air traffic as well as for surface vessels. B.E. He is the only person who ever passed away during the. After the Civil War, she is a part of a Mediterraneanblockade to keep the Southern States from trading with Europe. [12], Taney is the subject of a 1/300 plastic scale model kit by Revell, released to the market in 1984.[13]. This seemed to be an intelligent haunting - as the spirits answered our questions. Reports of the Moehau Man date back over 120 years. In the 1960, Torsk received a Presidential Unit Citation for her service during the Lebanon Crisis. She was commissioned at Philadelphia on 24 October 1936. I have been aboard her, now, three times. Torsk was docked at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and opened to the public as a museum. It was brought to Baltimore and the Torsk by a crew member of the last ship she sank. Torsk was laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in June 1944, was launched in September that year, and commissioned in December. Taney participated in two more round-trip convoy escort missions, with convoys UGS/GUS-45 and UGS/GUS-52. Beam: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) The USS Torsk resides next to the LV116 Chesapeake and the National Aquarium at Pier 3 in the Inner Harbor. During that time, while she is up in Rode Island - at that time at a different, Naval Training facility - she is made the Vice Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet. Rum." On 1 May 1965 the Treasury-class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. While surfaced, she had a cruising radius of 11,000 nautical miles (20,000km) at a speed of 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). Over eighty sailors lived aboard Torsk at particular times. On 15 August, following four highly successful days of aggressive patrolling, Torsk received word of the cessation of hostilities. We were looking for an activity to do in the afternoon as they were calling for torrential rain and opted for the Historic Ships of Baltimore. These activities took the boat as far north as Halifax, Nova Scotia and as far south as Havana, Cuba. Her primary post-war duty was serving as an ocean station weather ship. She made a visit to the Great Lakes by way of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in June 1959, visiting numerous ports in Lake Ontario and Lake Michigan. Lewellen) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. Fitted with a special storm-tracking antenna housed in a distinctive bulbous dome fitted atop her pilot house, Taney deployed seven times yearly, conducting 21 deployments 200 miles (320km) off the coast. On 13 August, she patrolled off Ando Saki and, after sighting a number of fishing boats during the morning, sighted another small freighter which she promptly sank. Complement: 10 officers, 71 enlisted The Torsk has been in Baltimore, as a memorial and historic site, since 1972. British and French shipswe are just looking for slavers coming out of the Congo river, capture their ships, and return the captives to the continent. One crashed 30 miles (48km) to the north, and two crashed into the sea shortly thereafter. Additionally, she earned the Navy Commendation Medal for participating in the Cuban Blockade. Over the past few years, the UC team has grown to add Michael Chinn as Lead Investigator and Researcher in addition, Written by: Jim Birchall Case Filed: 6/11/22 Executive Producer: Rick Garner Sasquatch, Yeti, Yeren, Yowie, and Swamp Apeall names which essentially identify a legendary cryptid known across the world - Bigfoot. She set the all-time record of career dives, at 11,884. 28 torpedoes She departed Honolulu on 3 September en route to Ocean Station Victor via Midway Island, arriving at the latter on 6 September, departing the same day. Toward midnight on 11 May, she set course for her patrol area off the northeastern coast of Honsh. She also conducted dedicated law enforcement and search and rescue patrols, or stood on search and rescue standby, when she was not on ocean station duty. This one was commissioned, in December of 1944 towards the end of the war. 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