&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Cachalot_-_19-N-14689.jpg) USS Cachalot SS-170
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Cachalot |
| Namesake | sperm whale |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey's Island, Kittery, Maine[1] |
| Laid down | 21 October 1931[1] |
| Launched | 19 October 1933[1] |
| Commissioned | 1 December 1933[1] |
| Decommissioned | 17 October 1945[1] |
| Stricken | 1 November 1945, reinstated 28 November 1945, stricken again 8 July 1946[1] |
| Honors and awards | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Bronze-service-star-3d.png){kind=small} 3 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up, 26 January 1947[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | V-8 (Cachalot)-class composite direct drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | 1,110 tons (1,130 t) surfaced, standard,[3] 1,650 tons (1,680 t) submerged[3] |
| Length | 271 ft 11 in (82.88 m)[2] |
| Beam | 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)[2] |
| Draft | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8 kn (15 km/h) submerged,[3] 7 knots (13 km/h) submerged, service, 1939[3] |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h),[3] 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks,[3] 83,290 US gallons (315,300 L) oil fuel[9] |
| Endurance | 10 hours at 5 kn (9.3 km/h)[3] |
| Test depth | 250 ft (80 m)[3] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 39 enlisted (peacetime);[3] 7 officers, 48 enlisted (war)[9] |
| Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes),[3] 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun[3] |
USS Cachalot (SC-4/SS-170) was a United States Navy submarine and the lead ship of her class, known as the "V-boats" and named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 19 October 1933 as V-8 (SC-4) sponsored by Miss K. D. Kempff, and commissioned on 1 December 1933 with Lieutenant Commander Merril Comstock[10] in command. Cachalot was the first submarine to have the Torpedo Data Computer, Arma Corporation's Mark 1,[11] installed.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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 d Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 266–267. 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, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.211.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 360
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Alden, p.210was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Friedman, p. 310
- ^ a b Alden, p.211.
- ^ a b Alden, p.38.
- ^ He would later replace Stuart S. Murray as Admiral Lockwood's Chief of Staff. Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975), p.549.
- ^ Blair, p.986.