USS Unicorn (SS-436)
USS Unicorn (SS-436), a
Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the
United States Navy to be given that name for the
narwhal, an Arctic marine
cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a
unicorn. Her keel was laid down on
25 April 1945 by the
Electric Boat Company of
Groton, Connecticut,
but the contract to build her was cancelled on
7 January 1946. However, it was reinstated on
26 February 1946 for "completion of specific items," and the boat was
launched on
1 August 1946 sponsored by Mrs. William A. Rowan, and accepted by the Navy on
3 September. Towed to the
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on
15 September, the boat was moved to
New London, Connecticut, two months later and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She remained out of commission, in reserve, until
29 July 1958, when she was stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register and sold for scrap.
See USS Unicorn for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.