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Primary Unit 1967-1969, 112X, 1st Naval District
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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
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Benson, Roy, RADM USN(Ret).
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Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down: 1 February 1941
Launched: 22 October 1941
Sponsored by: Mrs. Walter N. Vernou
Commissioned: 31 January 1942
Struck: 11 July 1945
Fate: Sunk by Japanese vessels in the East China Sea , 28 March 1945
General characteristics
Class & type: Gato -classdiesel-electric submarine
Displacement: 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced
Length: 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft: 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion: 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 9-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators cell Sargo batteries General Electric electric motors with reduction gears shp (4.0 MW ) surfaced
Speed: 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced
Range: 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance: 48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged
Test depth: 300 ft (90 m)
Complement: 6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubescaliber deck gunBofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
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