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| Description | The U.S. Navy submarine USS Pomodon (SS-486) following her "GUPPY I" refit at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Following the Second World War, the U.S. Navy studied German Type XXI submarines, which featured a greatly increased underwater speed and endurance. The first restult was the "Greater Underwater Propulsive Power Program" (GUPPY) reconstruction of Odax (SS-484) and Pomodon in 1947. Both submarines were received a more streamlined hull, a new streamlined sail, and a double amount of batteries. |
| Date | circa 1948 |
| Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine March 1948 . p. 19. |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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