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Submarine
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Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
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Year
1700 - Present
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Builder: |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down: |
15 March 1944[1] |
Launched: |
26 June 1944[1] |
Commissioned: |
23 August 1944[1] |
Decommissioned: |
16 June 1967[1] |
Struck: |
1 July 1970[1] |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap, June 1971[1] |
General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement: |
1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2]
2,401 tons (2,440 t) submerged[2] |
Length: |
311 ft 8 in (95.00 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-â?? 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3]
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[4]
2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors [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 knots (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 |
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- Baker, Robert, CAPT, (1952-1993)
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- Borgens, Gary, PO3, (1962-1967)
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- Burke, James, PO1, (1948-1978)
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- Flynn, Leo, PO1, (1945-1975)
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- Insull, John, PO2, (1961-1967)
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- Pow, Joseph, MCPO, (1955-1987)
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- Whitty, Frank, PO2, (1964-1967)
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- Wimsatt, James M, CMDCM, (1958-1988)
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Name of Award World War II Victory Medal
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Year Awarded 1945
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Details behind Award: End of WW2.
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Last Updated: Jul 4, 2015 |
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This ribbon does not rate any devices for subsequent awards
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