USS Marlin (SST-2) - Omaha, NE
Posted by: Team 57
N 41° 16.584 W 095° 54.069
15T E 257017 N 4573500
The USS Marlin is on display at the Freedom Park in Omaha, NE.
Waymark Code: WM9GKF
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2010
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According to Wikipedia, USS Marlin (SST-2), originally USS T-2 (SST-2), was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.
Type of vessel: Submarine: Laid down, 1 May 1952, at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT; Launched, 14 October 1953; Commissioned, USS T-2 (SST-2), 20 November 1953; Renamed USS Marlin (SST-2), 15 July 1956; Decommissioned, and simultaneously stru
Hours of use: From: 8:00 AM To: 8:00 PM
Admission? Cost?: 0
Date: 05/01/1952
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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