USS Redfin (SS-272)

USS Redfin (SS/SSR/AGSS-272), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the redfin, any of several North American fishes with reddish fins.

Radar picket submarine, 1953–1959

Decommissioned at New London, Conn., 1 November 1946, she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in April 1951 for conversion, and was reclassified SSR-272. Recommissioned 9 January 1953, she engaged in radar-picket duty for the next 6 years in American coastal waters, off northern Europe, and in the Mediterranean.

Related Topics:
New London, Conn. - 1 November - 1946 - Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - 1951 - 9 January - 1953 - Europe - Mediterranean

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