USS Requin Submarine- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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N 40° 26.650 W 080° 01.010
17T E 583377 N 4477521
USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481), a Tench-class submarine located at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center.
Waymark Code: WM771D
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2009
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From Wikipedia:
Her keel was laid down on 24 August 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 1 January 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Slade D. Cutter, and commissioned on 28 April 1945 with Commander Slade D. Cutter in command.
Initially, Requin carried heavier armament than usual for a fleet submarine, perhaps because Commander Cutter was one of the most decorated submarine skippers going to sea. She had an additional five-inch/25-caliber deck gun, as well as two 24-tube five-inch (127 mm) rocket launchers, which were intended to be used to provide offshore bombardment during Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Kyushu and Honshu.
Decommissioned on 3 December 1968, she was towed to St. Petersburg, Florida in February 1969 and served there as a Naval Reserve Training ship. On 30 June 1971 Requin was reclassified as IXSS-481, and on 20 December 1971 she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
On 17 June 1972 Requin was transferred to Tampa, Florida, as a tourist attraction. She remained in this role until 1986, when she was closed down due to lack of funding and support. For four years she remained abandoned at the pier.
On 21 February 1990 Senator John Heinz introduced Senate Bill S.2151, which allowed Requin to be transferred as an exhibit for the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On 24 May Requin was towed to Tampa Shipyard for dry docking and hull repairs, in preparation for her move to Pittsburgh. On 7 August she left International Ship Repair in Tampa under tow to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where, on 11 August, she was lifted onto barges and began her ride up the Mississippi River and Ohio River to Pittsburgh. On 4 September Requin arrived at the Carnegie Science Center, and on 20 October Requin was dedicated as a memorial and museum exhibit, and opened for tours.
Type of vessel: Tench-class Submarine; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, Laid down: 24 August 1944
Hours of use: From: 10:00 AM To: 4:30 PM
Admission? Cost?: Entrance to Carnegie Science Center Adults $14. Children $10.
Parking Coordinates: N 40° 26.781 W 080° 01.081
Date: 09/09/2009
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