Word: v4
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trials. Aboard her were 95 officers and men. While the mine sweeper Falcon stood by, down went the V-5 off Boone Island, Maine, stayed 45 min., came up perfectly. Her instruments recorded a submersion of 332 ft., breaking the U. S. Navy's record (held by the V4) by 32 ft.* World's record for submarine dives is 400 ft., held by the British submarine Ammiraglio dei Geneys...
...displacement: 2,730 tons. The V6, sistership, shares the honor. Next largest: the U. S. S. V4, minelaying submarine. Displacement: 2,680 tons...