Built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the early 1950's, Albacore was the first Navy-designed vessel with a teardrop shaped hull built specifically to operate under water. It was the prototype for the Navy's nuclear powered submarine force. Albacore was placed in commission in December of 1953 and decommissioned in September of 1972. In 1984 she was towed from Philadelphia and returned to Portsmouth. She has been at her current location, Albacore Park in Portsmouth, since 1985. The USS Albacore, once a research submarine, now preserved as a museum, … (24 comments)
Author Bio: Sharon Tara is a retired professional Home Stager who served the greater Seacoast New Hampshire area. Sharon specialized in owner-occupied home staging consults to help sellers prepare and present their home for sale.
We recently took our grandsons, Jack and Thomas, to tour the USS Albacore Submarine in Portsmouth.
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