World War II
American Submarines
Perch class
A study in Blueprints

by Duane Borchers, Sr.

BK-039 $40.00 (Foreign; $70.00)(11"x17", soft cover book book of engineering drawings, 31 pages)
    Subs of class: USS Perch (SS-176), USS Pickerel (SS-177), USS Permit (SS-178), USS Plunger (SS-179), USS Pollack (SS-180) and USS Pompano (SS-181).

L I S T of B L U E P R I N T S

Title

Name of Vessel

Shipyard & Date

Scale

Page

Booklet of general plans: Outboard profile, inboard profile, main deck, platform deck & hold,

USS Permit(SS-178)

Mare Island Navy Yard

Jan. 28, 1936 and corrected to  Jan. 1, 1943

1/16"

13-18

Booklet of general plans: Inboard profile, outboard profile, main deck, platform deck & hold,

USS Plunger
(SS-179)

Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

Dec. 8, 1943

do.

19-24

Body plan, outer hull,

SS-176 thru SS-178

Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.

May 28, 1937

do.

25-26

Engine room, arrangement, plan and elevation,

SS-176 thru SS-178

Electric Boat Co.,
Groton, Conn.

April 30, 1937

do.

27

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