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Last Address Portsmouth, NH
Date of Passing Apr 10, 1963
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Last Known Activity:
Was a crewmember of USS THRESHER (SSN-593)
Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room
USS Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.
Name: USS Sea Devil
Namesake: The sea devil, also known as the manta ray and devil ray
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down: 18 November 1943[1]
Launched: 28 February 1944[1]
Sponsored by: Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy
Commissioned: 24 May 1944[1]
Decommissioned: 9 September 1948[1]
Recommissioned: 3 March 1951[1]
Decommissioned: 19 February 1954[1]
Recommissioned: 17 August 1957[1]
Reclassified: Auxiliary submarine (AGSS-400) 1 July 1960
Decommissioned: 17 February 1964[1]
Struck: 1 April 1964[1]
Fate: Sunk as a target off southern California 24 November 1964[2]
General characteristics
Class & type: Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement: 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2]
2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged[2]
Length: 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2]
Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion:
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3]
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[4]
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears [2]
two propellers [2]
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2]
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2]
Speed: 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[4]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[4]
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[4]
Endurance: 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[4]
75 days on patrol
Test depth: 400 ft (120 m)[4]
Complement: 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[4]
Armament: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
(six forward, four aft)
24 torpedoes[4]
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[4]
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Sea Devil earned five battle stars for her World War II service.
