Ships available to tour include USS Constellation, USS Torsk and US Coast Guard Cutter WHEC-37. Two days later, she located a 700 long tons (710t) freighter off Kobe Saki; she fired four torpedoes but again missed her target. Aboard the ship is a memorial. Armed with ten torpedo tubes, the Tench-class submarines were incremental developments of the highly-successful Gato-class submarines that formed the backbone of the US Navy's submarine force during the war. Decommissioned in 1964, she served for another seven years as a training vessel for the Naval Reserve. It contains a picture, a letter, some small artifacts, and religious symbols. What to Do i During this period off Okinawa in April and May, Taney downed four suicide planes and assisted in numerous other "kills". (six forward, four aft) Submarine Torsk is a highlight of the Historic Ships collection. Very cool look into submarine technology. Amen Brother. Walking the USS Constellation, one can't help getting caught up in the history of this beautiful ship. We also offer reduced prices for groups of ten or more and guided group tours are available by appointment. Mark has done extensive research and interviewed over two dozen witnesses in New Zealand who have had their own sightings and strange encounters with this cryptid. Some of it seems to respond to me. After making port at Boston on 14 March 1944, Taney soon shifted south to Hampton Roads, where she arrived on 31 March 1944. In fact, the Melmeter responds with a variety of tones and sounds before its fresh battery is drained. The Fleet Week website is THE BEST way to see, plan, and begin to enjoy how special this is! Almost immediately, a loud explosion announced that the first torpedo had found its mark, and a minute later a second explosion sounded, followed by strong breaking up noises. 1945. Speed: 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced Taney proceeded independently via Eniwetok and arrived at Ulithi on 23 March 1945, remaining there until 7 April 1945. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. This last ocean station had been established to track storms threatening the middle states on the east coast which had often struck without warning. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. [6], The Navy turned Torsk over to the state of Maryland on 26 September 1972 so she could be preserved as a museum ship; she was moored in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland,[6] where she remains today as part of the Historic Ships in Baltimore. The secret new torpedoes had proven their worth in battle and Torsk was credited, not only with two enemy warships, but also with sinking the last Japanese warship sunk in World War II. With the work completed in early January 1945, Taney departed Boston on 19 January 1945, bound for Norfolk, Virginia. The ship returned to New London in the fall for fleet exercises and, the following year, extended her operations into the Caribbean Sea. She conducted regular harbor entrance and channel patrols, alternating often with one of the four old destroyers of Destroyer Division 80: USSAllen, Schley, Chew, and Ward. T, hats in 1855, she entered service. It was in service from 1944 to 1968. New communications equipment was also installed before the ship departed the Hawaiian Islands for the Marshalls on 10 March 1945. [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. After departing Vietnamese waters, she arrived at Alameda in February 1970. It was a first for the Unexplained Cases team - an EVP where one of our names was said from beyond. The vessel was decommissioned on 4 March 1968, after nearly twenty years of service. She did not waste any time getting up there.. The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Torsk (SS 423). Again from 13 to 22 October 1972 she conducted another Ocean Station Hotel. Change). Following US Navy naming practice for submarines up to the 1950s, Torsk was named for a fish: "Torsk" is the common name in the North American fishery for the Cusk, a cod-like fish in the family Lotidae. It didn't take long before we got a hit. One of the most essential functions of Historic Ships in Baltimore is the ongoing maintenance and restoration work. [6], On 14 August, she encountered a medium-sized cargo ship accompanied by a 745 long tons (757t) Kaibkan type escort vessel steaming off Amarube Saki[ja]Battle of Kasumi[ja]. Battleship Texas - La Porte, Texas. A response is heard. Get your ticket to walk the decks, learn the ropes, & live the life, Enjoy special programming and signature events on our exhibits, Make the most of your time on the ships with tours, educational programs, & more. Nicknamed the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast, the vessel is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the torsk, a food fish of the North Atlantic. Staff and visitors claim to see vanishing bloodstains and apparitions, including a sailor in dress whites. Commissioned: 16 December 1944 (LogOut/ Entrance fee gets you into 3 ships around inner harbor. 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. She launched a spread of six torpedoes, but the minelayer evaded them, prompting Torsk to dive to evade the expected counter-attack that did not occur. 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. Can you tell us this card? Preserving history while documenting the strange, paranormal, and unexplained. Do you need to book in advance to visit USS Torsk? 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Torsk received two battle stars for World War II service and the Navy Commendation Medal for her service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Struck: 15 December 1971 She was launched on September 6, 1944, and was placed in commission on December 16, 1944. In early March 1938, the Coast Guard cutter loaded supplies and embarked colonists who would establish the claim of the United States upon the two islands that seemedat least to the uninitiatedto be mere hunks of coral, rock, and scrub in the Central Pacific. In the letter, he states his hope that our two countries have moved beyond the conflict and hopes we will all remain friends forever. 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. Her electric motors provided 2,740shp (2,040kW) and a top speed of 8.75 knots (16km/h) submerged. She departed the Marianas on the next day, proceeded via Pearl Harbor and the Canal Zone, and arrived at New London in mid-October. Our artifact collections consist of approximately 50,000 objects, photographs and documents across all of our exhibits. On 31 August, what was thought to be a torpedo wake was sighted, an indicator that not everyone had heard the news of the wars ending..The submarine set her course for the Mariana Islands on 1 September, passed through Tsushima Straits on 3 September, and arrived at Guam on 9 September, successfully completing her second war patrol. On 10 January 1980, while underway on drug enforcement patrol duty, she was diverted to a Search and Rescue mission involving a lost Cessna 441 jet with two passengers. No results on either device. Rum?" [3] Coast Guardsmen from the Taney were ordered to take up defensive positions around Aloha Tower and protect it from being occupied. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name . These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. She sinks two Japanese frigates off the coast. Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8- 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators After reaching a depth of 400 feet (120m), she launched a Mark 27 torpedo, a passive acoustic torpedo. On 22 January 1942, the cutter departed Honolulu in company with USAT Barbara Olson,[10] and arrived at Kanton Island on 28 January 1942. But r, ight in front of us, I could feel the boards moving like. I used our SB-7 Spirit Box to ask questions and listen for responses in the white noise. The Tenches, the culmination of early wartime experiences, were the last submarine class to be built by the United States Navy during the war. 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. The USS Torsk resides next to the LV116 Chesapeake and the National Aquarium at Pier 3 in the Inner Harbor. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Draft: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum Then, she surfaced and headed for the Noto peninsula. Off Ando Saki on 13 August, Torsk found several small fishing boats and another small freighter; she sank the latter and later that day, attempted to sink another cargo vessel in Wakasa Wan but her torpedoes missed. Such raids took place on 18 out of 30 days that month. The parade is related to the Mummers Play tradition from B, Written by: Darren Dedo Case Filed: 5/28/21 Executive Producer: Rick Garner Unexplained Cases is back in the saddle again in the old west with our good friends the Phoenix Arizona Paranormal Society at the Pioneer Living Museum. Taney led a convoy eastward on 19 July 1945 and returned the next day when the storm passed. In the New Zealand bush, Ive heard a strange whooping sound. He saw the light, changecut-acrossthe light broke. And it didn't take long for Maryland Paranormal Research group member Deiedre Aikin to run into what she believed to be a ghost. I had felt a vibration of the decklike there were footsteps right next to us. And, it was considered for a brief time the full flagship, and for the fest of the war the vice flagship for the Atlantic Fleet. Our WWII Tench-class submarine here at the Historic Ships of Baltimore. are using amplifiers and mixers. The Constellation ends up here in Baltimore harbor as a museum. Meanwhile, tension continued to rise in the Far East as Japan cast covetous glances at the American, British, Dutch, and French colonial possessions and marched deeper into embattled China. Torsk was docked at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and opened to the public as a museum. Im here with paranormal investigator and researcher Marc Coppell and were hopefully going to have some sightings or capture some audio of New Zealands own bigfoot, known as the Moehau Man. 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