A Second Version Of The Grayback
This new Grayback was constructed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California. It was outfitted with top-of-the-line technology that proved to be an improvement from its iconic predecessor. For one thing, the weaponry on this one had guided missiles, which had not yet been available when the first vessel was made in 1941. As a matter of fact, the new Greyback was the first vessel to ever use a Regulus II sea-to-surface missile. The weapons program got canceled soon after the craft was launched, but the new Grayback carried four of these missiles and granted it the ability to strike targets on land. In February 1959, this sub was based at Pearl Harbor.
A Second Version Of The Grayback
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