Keywords: USS Redfin (SSR-272) at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1951.jpg The U S Navy submarine USS Redfin SSR-272 receiving an additional hull section at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard In April 1951 she was towed to Philadelphia for conversion to a radar picket submarine Redesignated SSR-272 she was recommissioned on 9 January 1953 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195110 pdf October 1951 p 17 1951 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Redfin SS-272 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |