Strength
Type
Year
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) eachRe-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 enlisted1931: 7 officers, 11 chief petty officers (CPOs), 69 enlisted1938: 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)
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