World War II
American Submarines
Tambor class
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane Borchers, Sr.
BK-033 $60.00 (Foreign;
$90.00)(11"x17", soft cover book book of
engineering drawings, 73
pages)
These submarines suffered horrible losses in World War II, around 60%.
Subs of class: USS Tambor (SS-198), USS Tautog
(SS-199), USS Thresher
(SS-200), USS Triton (SS-201), USS Trout
(SS-202), USS Tuna
(SS-203), USS Gar (SS-206), USS Grampus
(SS-207), USS Grayback
(SS-208), USS Grayling (SS-209), USS Grenadier
(SS-210) and USS Gudgeon
(SS-211).
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Vessel |
Shipyard and Date of Document |
Scale |
Page |
|
Booklet of general plans: Outboard profile; inboard profile, main deck, hold & platform deck, |
Tambor |
Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT May 14, 1940, corrected to March 3, 1945 |
1/16" |
27-32 |
|
Body plan, stem & stern, |
do. |
do. Feb. 28, 1939 |
do. |
33-34 |
|
Engine room, arrangement, plan & elevations, |
do. |
do. Oct. 27, 1941 |
3/8" |
35 |
|
Outboard profile, main deck plan, |
SS-198 - 203 |
Navy Dept. BuC&R───────── April 30, 1938 |
1/16" |
36-37 |
|
Inboard profile & plans, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
38-39 |
|
Bow & sterm framing, |
do. |
do. |
1/4" |
40-45 |
|
Midship & type sections, |
do. |
do. |
1/8" |
46-47 |
|
Forward arrangement, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
48-50 |
|
Midship arrangement, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
51-52 |
|
Stern arrangement, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
53-54 |
|
Compartments & tanks, |
do. |
do. |
1/16" |
55-56 |
|
Main ballast, flooding & venting diagram, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
57-58 |
|
Framing plan, |
do. |
do. |
do. |
59-60 |
|
Inner & outer shell expansions, |
do. |
do. |
various |
61-63 |