History | |
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United States | |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[2] |
Laid down | 15 May 1941[2] |
Launched | 6 March 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Randall Jacobs |
Commissioned | 19 June 1942[2] |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and SC-18 off Rabaul, 16 February 1943[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
Displacement | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[1] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[1] |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[1] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[1] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[3] |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[3] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack.