SS X-1 submarine

 museum, military, submarine, display, United States Navy

Built in 1954 by Fairchild Aircraft at the behest of the US Navy as an experimental Submarine, the X-1 went into service in October 1955 as a non-commissioned member of the US Navy.

Propelled by a revolutionary closed-loop hydrogen peroxide system that allowed the use of the sub's diesel engine underwater without the need for a snorkel system, the X-1 carried out numerous evaluation missions in the waters around Long Island aimed at both gauging the effectiveness of her propulsion system and her ability to penetrate heavily defended harbors. Doomed by both an onboard explosion of her volatile hydrogen peroxide supply and the US Navy's adaptation of Nuclear power, the X-1 was deactivated from service in 1957 and laid up at Philadelphia. Fitted with a conventional diesel-electric propulsion while in lay-up, the X-1 was soon reactivated and placed into operation with the Naval Research Laboratory in the Chesapeake Bay, where she carried out scientific exercises until her final deactivation in February 1973.

Hauled out of the water and placed on display at Naval Station North Severn in 1974, the X-1 remained on display at the Naval Station until 2001, when she was transferred to the ownership of the Submarine Force Museum for restoration and continued display.

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