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USS ''Marlin'' (SS-205), a ''Mackerel''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. ''Marlin'' and her near-sister ''Mackerel'' (designed and built by the Electric Boat Company) were prototype small submarines, which the Navy was exploring to replace the aging S-class submarines.〔Friedman, pp. 224-227〕 References differ as to whether ''Marlin'' had a direct drive propulsion system or diesel-electric drive.〔Friedman, p. 227〕〔Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 144-145〕 Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, on 23 May 1940. She was launched on 29 January 1941 sponsored by Mrs. John D. Wainwright, and commissioned on 1 August 1941 with Lieutenant George A. Sharp in command. After service in the Atlantic Fleet out of Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, for half a year, ''Marlin'' departed New London 21 March 1942 for Casco Bay, Maine. She arrived the next day for duty with TG 27.1, training new escort vessels in antisubmarine warfare. She returned to New London 18 April, and operated in Long Island Sound through 1942. Unsubstantiated reports claim that in February of that year, ''Marlin'' and her sister ship, , engaged and sank the giant Free French Navy submarine, ''Surcouf'', after discovering her in the Sound refueling a German U-boat, which was also sunk. On 7 January 1943 the submarine arrived in Casco Bay for further duty with TG 27.1 until 16 January. She then spent the next 2½ years patrolling and training ships off New London and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On 26 July 1945, while making a submerged practice approach on , she collided with ''SC-642'' with slight damage to both ships. In September ''Marlin'' kept company with on one of her trips from Portsmouth, reaching New London 10 September. On 20 October 1945 ''Marlin'' departed New London with for Bridgeport, Connecticut, arriving that day. Five days later she continued on to Boston, Mass, arriving 31 October. She was decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 9 November 1945. ''Marlin'' was sold 29 March 1946 to the Boston Metals Company of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping. ''Marlin'' is the submarine prominently featured as the fictional ''Corsair'' in the 1943 movie ''Crash Dive'', filmed at Submarine Base New London. Her sail at the time of the movie resembled ''Mackerels; the forward portion was later cut back for a 20 mm Oerlikon gun platform. ==References== * Alden, John D., Commander (USN, Ret). ''The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy: A Design and Construction History''. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979. ISBN 0-85368-203-8. * Lenton, H. T. ''American Submarines (Navies of the Second World War)'' (Doubleday, 1973), ISBN 0-38504-761-4. * Silverstone, Paul H., ''U.S. Warships of World War II'' (Ian Allan, 1965), ISBN 0-87021-773-9. * Gardiner, Robert and Chesneau, Roger, ''Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1922-1946'', Conway Maritime Press, 1980. ISBN 0-83170-303-2. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Marlin (SS-205)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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