USS Becuna (SS-319) after commissioning in May 1944.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Becuna |
Ordered | April 10, 1942 |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | April29, 1943[1] |
Launched | January 30, 1944[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George C. Crawford, wife of Commander Crawford |
Commissioned | May 27, 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | November 7, 1969[1] |
Stricken | August 15, 1973[1] |
Motto | Tiger of the Sea |
Honors and awards | 4 Battle Stars |
Status | Museum ship at Philadelphia, June 21, 1976[2] |
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General characteristics As built | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 72 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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General characteristics Guppy IA | |
Class and type | none |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft 7 in (93.75 m)[6] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[6] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m)[6] |
Propulsion | |
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Range | 17,000 nmi (31,000 km; 20,000 mi) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[6] |
Endurance | 36 hours at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged[6] |
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USS Becuna (SS-319) | |
Location | Penn's Landing, Columbus Blvd. & Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1944 |
Built by | Electric Boat Co. |
Architectural style | Balao-class submarine |
NRHP reference No. | 78002458[7] |
Added to NRHP | August 29, 1978 |
USS Becuna (SS/AGSS-319), a Balao-class submarine in commission from 1944 to 1969, was a submarine of the United States Navy named for the becuna, a pike-like fish of Europe. During World War II, she conducted five war patrols between August 23, 1944 and July 27, 1945, operating in the Philippine Islands, South China Sea, and Java Sea. She is credited with sinking two Japanese tankers totaling 3,888 gross register tons.[8]
After World War II, Becuna operated as part of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1945 to 1949. She served in the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1949 to 1969, primarily as a training ship, although she also made two deployments with the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.
After her decommissioning, Becuna was designated a National Historic Landmark for her service in World War II. She became a museum ship at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.