USS Bass (SS-164)

History
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
Stricken	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+5⁄8 in (8.398 m)
Draft	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 2 × Busch-Sulzer direct-drive main diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each; 2 × Busch-Sulzer auxiliary diesel engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, diesel-electric drive; Auxiliary engines replaced with BuEng MAN engines 1940, main engines removed 1942-43 on conversion to a cargo submarine; 2 × 60-cell Exide batteries; 2 × Elliott electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each; 2 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 caliber deck gun (changed to 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun 1928, removed 1943)

USS Bass (SF-5/SS-164), a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ Alden, p.31.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 111–113
^ ^a ^b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 257–259
^ Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.
^ Alden, p.211.
^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.33.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alden, p.25.
^ Alden, p.25, credits some sources saying 16.

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

[Register-2] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[4] Alden, p.31.

[FriedmanSubs1-p111–113-5] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 111–113

[FriedmanSubs1-p257–259-6] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 257–259

[Alden,_John_D._1979_p.210-7] Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.

[8] Alden, p.211.

[9] Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.33.

[Alden,_p.25-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alden, p.25.

[11] Alden, p.25, credits some sources saying 16.

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