USS SARGO (SSN 583) STATIC MODEL 1/96 Scale

[Albacore 569]

USS SARGO (SSN 583) STATIC MODEL 1/96 Scale

I built and donated to the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum several 1/96 award winning display scale models in the 1990's. Its time again to build another for them Tom Anderson was kind to offer his 3 D printer services and print up Randy Sanders of Alberta Canda a modified skate designed in 1/96 for static display custom for me. Thank you gentlemen! I will be starting a thread along with my Suffren and Amythyste building threads here a Skate static model.

SimultaneouslyTom Anderson is now printing me a 1/48 scale Skate also of USS Sargo for RC operation. Randy's Sanders designs once more! The hull parts for the 1/48 are different and designed for a hull to accommodate my cherished 3.5-inch OTW dive module. Using a Dave Merriman Prop Shaft Splitter (thank you David Merriman and Louis Perez who made the custom-made gears) converting the OTWs motor shaft energies two new Keith Bender 1/48 L and R handed props.

USS Sargo represents a historical and technological benchmark for both the USN and particularly Mare Island Naval Shipyard. (MINSY). Mare Islands first nuclear-powered submarine. Mare Island NSY on the US West coast in Vallejo California already was a highly capable invocative quality Naval yard known for its quality shipbuilding, repairs, and submarines. Many famous WW2 submarines were built there. USS Silversides, USS Wahoo, USS Tang among others. Sargo was one of the four Skate class , the navys first SSN Class, work divided among Electric Boat (the lead yard) and Portsmouth NSY and Mare Island NSY to transform the nuclear submarine from a custom experimental fleet unit into series production and allow the Naval infrastructure to new technology and higher quality control levels procedures and protocells. Thiis ushering in the Rickover era


A new USS Sargo (SSN 583) heads out for her first trials sailing down the Napa River channel past the Mare Island Naval Shipyard
from where she was built. Underway on nuclear power into San Pablo Bay, San Francisco Bay and the wide Pacific Ocean where she would spend
almost or all of her entire operational career based out of Pear Harbor Hawaii.

[JHapprich]

Question:

Those stern tubes, were there any streamlining covers involved?
i mean, compared to the contemporary NOVEMBER, this looks like a Holland class...

Jörg

[Albacore 569]

Question:

Those stern tubes, were there any streamlining covers involved?
i mean, compared to the contemporary NOVEMBER, this looks like a Holland class...

Jörg

USS Sargo at Launch Feb 1956. Skate class was SCB 121 Design and was already well past redesign and were building when Nautilus SSN 571 had her successful sea trials. The trials revealed how noisy Nautilus was, so the Skates show features before major noise reduction measures.

David Taylor Naval test Center designed, and USS Albacore proved new Flood drain holes to eliminate Helmholtz resonance, The British designed and the USN adopting sound isolation rafts for their future engineering's plants, flow noise reduction with more streamlining, and exotic new advanced (then) skewed back classified props to delay cavitation. USS Thresher just some 5 years away at that time heralded in the 2nd Generation of advancements in nuclear submarine technologies.

Slow & noisy evolved into slow & quiet (USS Tullibee) to fast & quiet. (USS Thresher / Permit). The First-Generation SSNs, Nautilus, Seawolf, the Skate class, Halibut, and at the end of the 1st Generation, USS Skipjack & USS Tullibee) our models show us just how fast things were evolving. Then in 1957-58 CNO Arleigh Burke ordered ALL future, USN submarines would be nuclear powered. And there we go. All common knowledge to most in this forum.




Printed Today. Tom Andersons printer cranks out my new 1/48 Sargo stern.

[Fishb0y]

I’m also working on a 1/48-scale model of the USS Sargo and am trying to find a good reference that shows how the bow planes extend and retract. Does anyone know of any drawings, diagrams, or other sources that illustrate it?

[Albacore 569]

I had Randy Sanders redesign the bow planes plan form for me based on these images. they are rectangular now and less square. The have a trailing edge cut angled to clear the hull when moved up and down. See life magazine cover. below. The are angled tilted forward, but when extended, they do not have any dihedral or if they do then very little. I am making a mechanism to extend and retract using Bob Martins you tube video on the Type XXI bow retracts. In fuction they are essentially the same as the Type XXI.

Life photo Credit: WLAMBING

[wlambing]

Steve,

Thank you, but that photo came from someone else. We were in a different thread, discussing the same issue.

Take care,

Bill

[JHapprich]

Albacore, i am a bit confused about the picture of my 665' Whiskey's bow plane mechanism. So you are going to copy the technique? You need more pictures or detail i could provide?

[Albacore 569]

Albacore, i am a bit confused about the picture of my 665' Whiskey's bow plane mechanism. So you are going to copy the technique? You need more pictures or detail i could provide?

Yes I saw image. I didn't know it was yours Sir. May I have drawings please. to help make? A few others and I seem to be building Skates suddenly. I thought your design was impressive simple and robust. Thank you. It is very kind of you. Thank you Happrich.


David Merriman and Louis Perez (Louis the gearing) facilitated making my shaft splitter gear box. It is about 2.5 inches wide. I fashioned center shaft myself with Dave's housing to align center shaft myself ordering oolite bearings (3 sizes inserted into the other) and has a pinon gear in center inside.

I will eventually shorten the long single center shaft. (All three shafts are 5 mm. diameter. it looks a little grimy, but only because I been bench testing it a lot today. lol.

The center new parts to align center gear and shaft are:

Amazon: Uxcell Flange Sleeve Bearing 10mm Bore x 13mm OD x 10mm Length x 16mm Flange Dia. x 1.5mm Flange Thickness Cast Brass Bushings 2PCS

Amazon: MECCANIXITY Sleeve Bearings 6mm Bore x 10mm OD x 20mm Length 4 Pack | Self-Lubricating Cast Brass Bushing Plain Shaft Bearings

Plus, two smaller bearings for 5 mm shaft I had already in shop already. I little bench drilling and lathe work and in an hour had my parts for assembling.

Cost of both items (6 parts total) $15.35.


It will go on outside in free flood areas aft. Runs smooth and very easily.