U.S.S. Albacore: Forerunner of the Future' (Publication (Portsmouth Marine Society),25.) (Publication (Portsmouth Marine Society),25.)

With her tubby blimplike “teardrop” or “body of revolution” hull, USS Albacore was the first wholly streamlined submarine. She twice claimed the record for highest submerged speeds in the world. Built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1952-53, she made 27 knots at a time when no other submarine could do much better than 18 knots submerged.