Talk:USS Argonaut (SM-1)

Argonaut designation
When was she designated SF-7? Drutt (talk) 01:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, this answer is a little late, but SF is short for "Submarine, Fleet". Existing submarines, which carried the hull classification symbol "SS" starting in 1920, were small and limited in speed and range; the "fleet submarines" were intended to be fast enough and seaworthy enough to operate with the battle fleet.  The "SF" classification didn't last very long; all the V-boats carried it during the design phase but only the USS Barracuda (SS-163)s (first commissioned in 1924) and Argonaut (commissioned 1928) were commissioned with it.  The Barracudas were reclassified to SS in 1931, at the same time Argonaut became the first and only SM. TomTheHand (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Feel the power
The article (via Friedman) credits BuEng with the diesels; Alden says MAN. Who's right? TREKphiler  hit me ♠  13:59, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Rather nonsensical sentence
"She proved perennially underpowered, but engine replacement was postponed by war,[9] and her MAN diesels were a constant source of trouble.[12]"

So this submarine was commissioned in 1929, noticed to be underpowered, and engine replacement was "postponed by war" for 13 years (during which engine technology substantially improved),   and then the engines were promptly replaced early in 1942 right after the US entered WW2 ??? That makes no sense. Which war was causing engine replacement to be "postponed" ? The Gran Chaco War ? The Manchurian War ? The Nicaraguan interventions ? Eregli bob (talk) 12:55, 14 April 2011 (UTC)