File:USS Odax (SS-484) after GUPPY I modernisation c1948.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy submarine USS Odax (SS-484) following her "GUPPY I" refit at the Portsmouth 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 and Pomodon (SS-486) in 1947. Both submarines were received a more streamlined hull, a new streamlined sail, and a double amount of batteries.
Date circa 1948
date QS:P,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine March 1948. p. 19.; U.S. Navy All Hands magazine October 1951, p. 2.
Author U.S. Navy
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