&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Dace.jpg) USS Dace (SS-247), on the left
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Dace (SS-247) |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
| Laid down | 22 July 1942[1] |
| Launched | 25 April 1943[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs O. P. Robinson |
| Commissioned | 23 July 1943[1] |
| Decommissioned | 12 February 1947[1] |
| Badge | Uss dace insignia.svg |
| Recommissioned | 8 August 1951[1] |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1954[1] |
| Recommissioned | 22 October 1954[1] |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1955[1] |
| Stricken | 15 October 1972[2] |
| Fate | Converted to GUPPY IB and transferred to Italy,[1] 31 January 1955[2] |
 Italy | |
| Name | Leonardo da Vinci (S 510) |
| Acquired | 31 January 1955 |
| Out of service | 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 April 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gato-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 | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[6] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[6] |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[6] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[6] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
| Armament |
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USS Dace (SS-247), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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 e f g h Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311