Here’s What You Need To Remember: Commissioned in 1960, the USS Halibut was a one-of-a-kind nuclear-powered submarine designed to launch Regulus II nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The 5,000-ton ...
One of the most unusual submarines of the Cold War was named after one of the most unusual fish in the sea. Halibut are flatfish, bottom-dwelling predators that, unlike conventional fish, lie sideways ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — John Long of Salem, Ore., had a presidential unit citation. His submarine, the USS Halibut, even had its Cold War exploits immortalized in the book ‘Blind Man’s Bluff’. But until ...