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This submarine, tench-class was built in 1944 by U.S. Navy Yard (Portsmouth NH).
Historical Notes
In 1976 this vessel was broken up at Esquimalt BC Canada.
Owners & Masters
She was launched in 1944 as USS Argonaut.
She completed one patrol from Pearl Harbor HI before the end of the Second World War. After the Second World War she was based in New London CT 1946-1955.
In 1968 she was transferred from the USN to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as H.M.C.S. Rainbow on December 02, 1968.
She was decommissioned on December 31, 1974.
References
- Moore, Captain John (1983)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
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