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| Keywords: USS Pomodon (SS-486) after GUPPY I modernisation c1948.jpg 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 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194803 pdf March 1948 p 19 ca 1948 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Pomodon SS-486 | ||||
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