Albacore Oral History Project
The Friends of Albacore have completed an Oral History of the USS ALBACORE AGSS 569. The book includes interviews with a number of sailors who served on her from the earliest days to her retirement, and several Portsmouth Naval Shipyard personnel closely associated with the vessel's design and development.
The book is organized around the four major phases of Albacore's development. To determine which Phase includes a particular interview, refer to the contents section in the first file.
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All sections of the project can be downloaded as PDF files linked below:
Introduction and Table of Contents (pages v through xiv)
Phase 1: First U.S. high speed experimental sub (pages 1-148)
Phase 2: Improved controlled surfaces and quieting techniques (pages 149-240)
Phase 3: X-stern, dive brakes, and dorsal rudder (pages 241-357)
Phase 4a: Contra-rotating propellers and silver-zinc batteries (pages 358-454)
Phase 4b: Contra-rotating propellers and silver-zinc batteries continued (pages 455-510)