Pryce, Roland Fremont, CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1954-1955, Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), Military Sealift Fleet Support Command (MSC/MSFSC)

Service Years
1927 - 1957

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Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1906

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS to remember Pryce, Roland Fremont (Monty), CAPT USN(Ret).

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Home Town
Edensburg, PA

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Captain Pryce was relieved of command after the 2nd Patrol of USS Spearfish and transfered to England and Submarine Squadron 50 as a relief skipper.

1931-1935, USS Bass (SS-164)

From Month/Year - / 1931	To Month/Year - / 1935
Unit USS Bass (SS-164) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

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USS Bass (SS-164) Details

Career (United States)
Builder:	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down:	20 October 1921
Launched:	27 December 1924
Commissioned:	26 September 1925
Decommissioned:	9 June 1937
Commissioned:	5 September 1940
Decommissioned:	3 March 1945
Struck:	10 March 1945
Fate:	Scuttled as a sonar target off Block Island, 12 March 1945
General characteristics
Class and type:	V-1 (Barracuda)-class composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	2,119 tons (2,153 t) surfaced, 2,506 tons (2,546 t) submerged
Length:	326 ft (99 m) (waterline), 341 ft 6 in (104.09 m) (overall)
Beam:	27 ft 6�?? in (9.4 m)
Draft:	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion:	As Built: 2 × Busch-Sulzer direct-drive 6-cylinder 2-cycle diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each, 2 × BuEng (MAN-licenced) 6-cylinder 4-cycle diesel auxiliary engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, driving electrical generators, 2 × 60-cell Exide batteries, 2 × Elliott electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each Re-engined: 2 × BuEng (MAN-licenced) 6-cylinder 4-cycle diesels, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, 2 × Ridgway motors, 2 × 60-cell Exide UH53 batteries, two shafts
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range:	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) @ 11 knots (20 km/h), 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 kn with fuel in main ballast tanks (bunkerage 90,935 US gallons (344,230 l)
Endurance:	10 hours @ 5 knots (9 km/h)
Test depth:	200 ft (60 m)
Complement:	As Designed: 8 officers, 80 enlisted 1931: 7 officers, 11 chief petty officers (CPOs), 69 enlisted 1938: 7 officers, 9 CPOs, 70 enlisted (1938) Conversion to Transport, 1943: 9 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament:	6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 12 torpedoes; removed 1943), (as built) 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/51 cal deck gun (changed to 1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 cal 1928, removed 1943)

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By

ET McPhillips, Thomas, Jr. (SS), ET3(SS)

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Last Updated: Sep 25, 2010

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