USS Gudgeon (the three distinctive shark-fin domes are the PUFFS sonar, one is just aft of the sail, below the flag).
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Class overview | |
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Name | Tang class |
Builders | |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Barracuda class |
Succeeded by | |
Built | 1949–1952 |
In commission | 1951–1983 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 268 ft (82 m), extended to 277 ft (84 m), then to 292 ft (89 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 11,500 nmi (21,300 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1] |
Endurance | 1 hour at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) on battery |
Test depth | 700 ft (210 m) |
Complement | 8 officers, 75 enlisted |
Armament | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft), 26 torpedoes[1] |
The Tang-class submarines were the first submarines designed (under project SCB 2) and built by the United States Navy after World War II. They incorporated the best features of the high-speed German Type XXI U-boat and the venerable U.S. Navy fleet submarine. The Tang class, with the fleet submarines converted under the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power (GUPPY) program, had much higher submerged performance than their predecessors, but were quickly surpassed by the nuclear-propelled submarines that entered service beginning in 1954. Six units in total were built.