![]() ![]() They petitioned the Navy to bring the boat to Hackensack, New Jersey to serve as a memorial "to perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country." Many citizens and corporations contributed time, professional services, and funds toward the restoration of Ling. Six months later the USS Ling was donated to the Submarine Memorial Association, a non-profit organization formed in 1972 with the purpose of saving Ling from the scrap yard. ![]() Ling was reclassified a Miscellaneous Unclassified Submarine (with the hull number IXSS-297), and struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1971. Ling received the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal for her service. She was reclassified an Auxiliary Submarine (with the hull number AGSS-297) in 1962. In March 1960, Ling was towed to Brooklyn, New York, where she was converted into a training ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, simulating all aspects of submarine operations. Ling entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, after having been in commission for only 1 year, 4 months and 18 days. She completed inactivation on 23 October at New London and was decommissioned on 26 October 1946. She operated out of Panama until 9 March when she sailed north. The submarine was based at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut until she sailed on 11 February 1946 for the Panama Canal Zone, arriving eight days later. (The 3 year 7 month period between keel laying to commissioning was unusually long for a World War II submarine.)Īfter shakedown and further installations, Ling headed out to sea to test her equipment on 15 September 1945, 13 days after Japan had formally surrendered. Foy, and was moved to the Boston Navy Yard for completion and testing. She was launched on 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ling was laid down on 2 November 1942 by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. Since 2016, Ling has been inaccessible to the public. The ship was grounded in the Hackensack River at the former location of the defunct New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey. In 1971, she was struck from the naval register and donated to the Submarine Memorial Association for use as a museum ship. She was placed in reserve in 1946 until being converted into a training ship in 1960. The vessel was built during World War II, but was completed in the final months of the conflict and so saw no action. USS Ling ( hull number SS-297) is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the ling fish, also known as the cobia. ![]() 48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged.4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears ġ1,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h).4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8- 1⁄ 8 9- cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators.Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn (rebuilt) įormer Museum Ship, at former location of the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey īalao-class diesel-electric submarine.USS Ling (SS-297), wearing camouflage paint scheme in July 1945, during sea trials. ![]()
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