_off_the_Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard,_California_(USA),_20_April_1944_(NH_98325).jpg) USS Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard in California on 20 April 1944.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Flier (SS-250) |
| Namesake | Flier |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
| Laid down | 30 October 1942[1] |
| Launched | 11 July 1943[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. A. S. Pierce |
| Commissioned | 18 October 1943[1] |
| Fate | Mined in the Balabac Strait, 13 August 1944[2] |
| 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 | |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[3] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
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USS Flier (SS-250) was a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier.[7]
- ^ a b c d 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 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 f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ 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
- ^ "Flier". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 February 2009.