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USS Gar (SS-206), a Tambor-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gar, a fish of the Lepisosteidae family. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut.
USS Gar (SS-206) was the first of the Gar subclass of the Tambor-class submarines to be commissioned for the United States Navy just prior to the country's 7 December 1941 entry into World War II. These submarines were a slightly improved version of preceding submarines of the Tambor class.
The Tambor-class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. It was the USN's first practical fleet submarine and formed the core of the United States Pacific submarine fleet at the time of the US entry into World War II.
USS Gar (SS-206) – amerykański okręt podwodny z czasów drugiej wojny światowej typu Tambor. W czasie służby, "Gar" uzyskał 8 potwierdzonych przez JANAC zatopień, o łącznym tonażu 20 392 ton. Norman. Polmar: The American submarine. Annapolis, Md.: Nautical Aviation Pub. Co. of America, 1981. ISBN 0-933852-14-2. Brak numerów stron w książce.
The Tambor class was a slightly less sturdy version of the later Gar Class. The Tambors had a significant weakness: all four engines were in one compartment, making the boat very vulnerable to irrecoverable propulsion damage.
The Tambor-class submarine was a American People's Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. It was the APN's first practical fleet submarine and formed the core of the UAPR's Pacific submarine fleet at the time of the US entry into World War II.
As an American skipper one may play any one of a number historically accurate submarine classes
